
02-22-2011, 08:57 PM
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February 24th
1786 ~ Birthday of Wilhelm Grimm, Philologist & Folklorist.
1803 ~ The U.S. Supreme Court, in Marbury v. Madison, established the principle of judicial review.
1856 ~ Death of Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician.
1868 ~ The U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson.
1903 ~ The U.S. signed an agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
1942 ~ Birthday of Joseph Lieberman, U.S. Senator.
1949 ~ At White Sands NM, "Project Bumper” a WAC CORPORAL attached to a German built V-2 rocket, reached a height of 250 miles above sea level, the first rocket to reach outer space. The entire trip took 6-1/2 minutes from firing.
1955 ~ Birthday of Steve Jobs, Computer Pioneer.
1981 ~ Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.
2001 ~ Death of Claude E. Shannon , "father of information theory".
2008 ~ Fidel Castro retired as the President of Cuba.
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