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Today In History

In 1637 Peter Minuit and the first Swedish immigrants to Delaware sailed from Sweden.

In 1755 English Minister William Pitt Sr. resigned.

In 1789 New Jersey was the first state to sign the Bill of Rights.

In 1817 the first Seminole War began.

In 1862 the Confederate armies of Mississippi and Kentucky merged to become the Army of Tennessee, commanded by General Braxton Bragg.

In 1866 the first national veterans organization convention of the Grand Army of the Republic met.

In 1873 the rival cities of Buda and Pest united to ecome the capitol of Hungary.

In 1888 William Bundy patented the timecard clock.

In 1914 the U.S. State Department began requiring photographs for passports.

In 1917 the first tank battle ever took place during World War I.

In 1919 the first munincipally owned airport in the U.S. opened in Tucson, Arizona.

In 1928 Boston Gardens opened.

In 1931 AT&T began commercial teletype service.

In 1938 the first documented anti-semitic remarks over U.S. radio were made by Father Coughlin.

In 2000 Postmodgirl claims that she found the key to happiness; eating sushi. What she really believes to be her key to happiness is though involves a good-looking man, a pair of handcuffs, a roll of duct tape, a chicken feather, and a set of nipple clamps.

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In 1942 the British army recaptured Benghazi, Libya.

In 1943 U.S. forces landed on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands.

In 1944 Japan made its first suicide submarine attack at Ulithi Atoll in the Carolines.

In 1947 "Meet the Press" debuted on NBC.

In 1953 Scott Crossfield was the first to break Mach 2 (1,3000 MPH) in a Douglas Skyrocket.

In 1959 WABC fired DJ Alan Freed over a payola scandal.

In 1967 at 11 AM the U.S. Census Clock ticked past 200 million people.

In 1969 Alcatraz Island was seized by militant Native Americans.

In 1969 soccer great Pele scored his 1000th goal.

In 1970 the UN admitted the People's Republic of China.

In 1974 the U.S. government filed an anti-trust suit to break up AT&T.

In 1979 the U.S.'s first artificial blood transfusion occured at the University of Minnesota Hospital.

In 1980 Steve Ptacek made the first solar-powered flight in the "Solar Challenger".

In 1984 McDonalds made its 50 billionth hamburger.

In 1992 Windsor Castle caught fire.

In 1995 the Beatles' Anthology 1 was released.

In 2000 in Postmodgirl's thread "sex so good you cry" Billgerat is too embarassed to admit that during the first time his girlfriend and him had sex, he made her cry when he removed his clothes.

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In 2000 in Postmodgirl's thread "sex so good you cry" Billgerat is too embarassed to admit that during the first time his girlfriend and him had sex, he made her cry when he removed his clothes.

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