On this day in
1665, the
London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
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On this day in
1874, a cartoon by
Thomas Nast in
Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
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On this day in
1907,
Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de Garcia, Sonora by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
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On this day in
1908,
Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia.
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On this day in
1916,
Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
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On this day in
1918, an influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
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On this day in
1929, in New York City, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) opens to the public.
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On this day in 1944, Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America.
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On this day in the year
1967, President
Lyndon Johnson signs a bill establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. So if you've ever so much as glanced at
Big Bird, you owe LBJ, big time.
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On this day in
1991, hoop star
Magic Johnson tells the world that he contracted the HIV virus due to his promiscuous lifestyle. A sympathetic nation asks: "Why couldn't it have been (insert the name of somebody you hate)?!"
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On this day in
1999,
Van Halen tells
Gary Cherone - whom they had brought in to replace
Sammy Hagar, whom they had brought in to replace
David Lee Roth, whom they brought in to replace
Sonny Bono - to pack his bags and take his copious talents elsewhere. The move came as no surprise to fans of the venerable rock combo, seeing as their one album with the former Xtreme frontman turned out to be a commercial and artistic disaster.
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On this day in
2000,
Al Gore defeats
George W. Bush in the US presidential elections, but the
Bush Crime Family sees to it that he never gets to sit in the Oval Office. So, basically, this day in the year 2000 is basically the day on which all of our current troubles began.
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