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Today in History: 1648 - Spain & Netherlands sign Peace of Munster, ending the Thirty Years War 1661 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after having been dead for two years. 1790 - Lifeboat 1st tested at sea, by Mr Greathead, the inventor 1797 - Congress refuses to accept 1st petitions from American blacks 1815 - Burned Library of Congress reestablished with Jeffersons 6500 vols 1820 - Edward Bransfield aboard Williams discovers Antarctica (UK claim) 1826 - The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the worlds first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales is opened. 1835 - Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington DC in 1st attempted assassination of a US President 1862 - USS Monitor, the US Navys 1st ironclad warship launched 1933 - Lone Ranger begins a 21-year run on ABC radio 1939 - Hitler calls for extermination of European Jews 1948 - Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Nathuram Godse 1956 - Elvis Presley records his version of Blue Suede Shoes 1956 - Martin Luther King Jrs home bombed 1961 - Bobby Darin is youngest performer to headline a TV special on NBC 1961 - JFK asks for an Alliance for Progress & Peace Corps 1989 - Five Pharaoh sculptures from 1470 BC found at temple of Luxor
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:20:51 +0000

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