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On Jan 30th 1948
Gandhi was assassinated |
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January 1st 2003
The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it tried to reenter the Earth's atmosphere after a sixteen-day mission in space. All seven members of the crew were lost. |
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On Feb 6:
1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 Mission - Alan Shepard becomes the first person to hit a golf ball on the Moon. |
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On Feb. 6, 1952,
Britain's King George VI died; he was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II. |
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On Feb 7:
1904 - The Great Baltimore Fire began when wind whipped a fire in the business district into a conflagration that engulfed a large part of the city by evening. More than 1,500 buildings were completely leveled, and another 1,000 severely damaged, with property loss an estimated $100 million. It was the biggest fire-related disaster since the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. |
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On Feb 10 1962
Russia frees US spy plane pilot |
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On Feb. 11, 1945,
President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin signed the Yalta Agreement during World War II |
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On Feb 12:
1709 - Alexander Selkirk, the Scottish seaman whose adventures inspired the story of "Robinson Crusoe," was taken off Juan Fernandez Island after four years of being marooned. |
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April 21 1912:
Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, abdicated, marking the end of the Qing Dynasty. |
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On Feb 15:
1898 - The USS Maine, sent to Cuba on a friendly visit, exploded and sank in Havana harbor, killing 260 crew members. The origin of the explosion is unknown. This incident led to the Spanish-American War. |
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