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Post by Tamrin on Feb 17, 2009 5:26:38 GMT 10
17 February1600 - Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory & plurality of worlds, burned at stake by the Inquisition in Rome 1688 - Reverend James Renwick hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian 1864 - Birth of Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, New South Wales Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda) 1907 - Henry Steel Olcott, US co-founder (Theosophist Society-Madras), dies at 74 1934 - Birth of Barry Humphries Australia TV host (Dame Edna Everage) 1986 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), dies at 90 1995 - Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming US tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive & manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked  Dame Edna Everage
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 18, 2009 5:34:56 GMT 10
18 February3102 - BC - Origin of Kali Era (India) 1546 - Martin Luther. biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62 1587 - Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 1678 - John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" is published 1817 - Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72 1836 - Birth of Ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of all religions) 1972 - California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 19, 2009 5:28:22 GMT 10
19 February0356 - Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples 1401 - William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London 1473 - Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, Torún, Poland, astronomer (heliocentrism) 1568 - Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80 1864 - Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Washington DC (12 members) 1881 - Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages 1942 - About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 20, 2009 5:38:32 GMT 10
20 FebruaryUS: John Glenn Day (1962) 1656 - James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/Anglican archbishop, dies at 76 1805 - Birth of Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer 1809 - [US] Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state 1913 - Birth of Mary Durack, [Australian] poet 1933 - House of Representatives completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition 1947 - Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India 1960 - Leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 21, 2009 8:51:31 GMT 10
21 February1431 - England begins trial against Joan of Arc 1677 - [Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza, philosopher, dies at 44 1795 - Freedom of worship established in France under constitution 1803 - Edward Despard [executed], last person drawn & quartered in England 1918 - Australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine 1943 - Dutch Roman Catholic bishops protest against persecution of Jews 1965 - Malcolm X [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in New York NY at 39
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 22, 2009 7:23:41 GMT 10
22 FebruaryWorld: Brotherhood Day (1934) 1732 - Birth of George Washington, Virginia, Father figure, 1st American President (1789-97) 1857 - Birth of Lord Robert Baden-Powell - founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides) 1875 - Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 1898 - Black postmaster lynched, his wife & 3 daughters shot in Lake City SC 1900 - Hawaii became a US territory 1928 - 1st solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler) 1987 - Andy Warhol, pop artist, dies from complications following gall bladder surgery at 58
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 23, 2009 5:16:28 GMT 10
23 February 2009Ancient Rome: Terminalia; festival of Terminus, god of boundaries 0303 - Emperor Diocletian orders general persecution of Christians 1455 - Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, the Bible (estimated date) 1879 - Birth of Norman Lindsay, Creswick Victoria, artist/novelist 1898 - In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism & wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus 1903 - Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA 1970 - Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service 1997 - Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly"
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 24, 2009 6:42:50 GMT 10
24 February1552 - Privileges of the Hanseatic League in England are abrogated 1836 - 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at the Alamo, lasts 13 days 1888 - Louisville KY becomes 1st government in US to adopt Australian ballot 1903 - US signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba 1945 - Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament 1962 - General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea 1983 - Tennessee Williams, US playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 71
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 25, 2009 5:45:43 GMT 10
25 February1570 - Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegiance 1723 - Sir Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 901778 - Birth of José Francisco de San Martín, liberated Argentina, Chile & Perú 1836 - Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm 1910 - Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies 1938 - Birth of Herb Elliott Australia, 1500 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1960) 1987 - US Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 26, 2009 5:41:27 GMT 10
26 February1802 - Birth of Victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables) 1842 - Birth of Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy [see below] 1846 - Birth of William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport IA, killed 4000 buffaloes 1848 - Marx & Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto" 1870 - Wyatt Outlaw, black leader of Union League in North Carolina, lynched 1973 - Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m 1986 - Former Philippines President Ferdinand E Marcos fled in defeat
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