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On this day in history...

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 1:06 pm
by Bunny Bagger
1908 - Boy Scouts movement begins.
1965 - Winston Churchill dies.
1972 - Japanese soldier found hiding on Guam.

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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:54 am
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1627 - The birth of Robert Boyle, one of the pioneers of modern Chemistry and Physics.

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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 12:47 pm
by Outandabout
1961 John F Kennedy was sworn in as American president.
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:18 pm
by Kwaka
1972 The world's first kidney and pancreatic tissue transplant was carried out in London

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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 6:31 am
by Bunny Bagger
1950 - India becomes a republic.

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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:18 am
by Bunny Bagger
1945 - Auschwitz death camp liberated.

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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:36 am
by Bunny Bagger
1986 - The space shuttle Challenger disaster.

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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 9:04 am
by Bunny Bagger
1962 - US spaceman John Glenn is the first American to orbit the Earth.

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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 5:13 pm
by Bunny Bagger
1972 - British troops open fire on a crowd of demonstrators in the Bogside district of Londonderry killing thirteen.

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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:12 pm
by Bunny Bagger
1983 - British drivers and front-seat passengers must wear seat belts under new law to reduce road deaths.