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Today In History - 2/5/2012
- 1736 - Methodists John & Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia
- 1778 - Articles of Confederation ratified by 1st state, South Carolina
- 1904 - American occupation of Cuba ends
- 1940 - Glenn Miller & his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction"
- 1953 - "Peter Pan" by Walt Disney opens at Roxy Theater, NYC
- 1958 - Gamel Abdel Nasser nominated 1st president of United Arab Republic
- 1967 - Anastasio Somoza elected president of Nicaragua
- 1972 - Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
- 1981 - Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane
- 1982 - Laker Airways collapse owing œ270M ($351M)
- 1998 - Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minn Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record
- 1810 - Ole Bull, composer
- 1867 - Casper A Lingbeek, vicar/Dutch MP (HSP, 1925..37)
- 1881 - Frederick Leonard Lonsdale, British playwright (Balkan Princess)
- 1889 - Ioan Dumitru Chirescu, composer
- 1926 - Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, NYC, publisher (NY Times)
- 1937 - Cocky van Oost, [Kommertje van Vliet], Dutch dancer (Sylphides)
- 1944 - J R Cobb, Birmingham Ala, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV)
- 1948 - Nigel Tufnel, rocker (Spinal Tap)
- 1972 - Erin Phillips, Mexico Missouri, Miss America-Missouri (1996)
Even more...
| PBS History Featured Sites |
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| World History : HyperHistory |
| World History : HyperHistory Online navigates through 3,000 years of World History with links to important persons of world historical importance; ...
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| HistoryWorld |
| HistoryWorld describes world history in interconnecting narratives and illustrated timelines. You can search for events by theme, place and year. |
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| World History - Infoplease.com |
| A timeline of history from the formation of the Earth to the present. From Infoplease. |
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| World History Timeline |
| Explore timeline of 2000 years of world history on five continents. New section for "On this day." From Camelot International. |
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| The Encyclopedia of World History |
The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth Edition. 2001
Comprehensive chronology of more than 20000 entries that span the millennia from prehistoric times to the year 2000. |
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| The History Channel |
The History Channel - Home Page
The History Channel is a cable television station offering programming related to historical events and people. ... History of Christianity - World War II ... |
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