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December 19, 2006 11:16 AM EST --
This Day in History –- December 19
1998: Articles of impeachment approved against U.S. President Bill Clinton
On this day in 1998, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President . . . more
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October 03, 2006 06:02 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1990: Germany reunified
After four decades of Cold War division and with pressure from the German chancellor Helmut Kohl, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to a unified Germany . . . more
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October 04, 2006 06:10 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1957: Sputnik 1 launched by U.S.S.R.
On this day in 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, which orbited the Earth until 1958, inaugurated . . . more
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October 06, 2006 03:14 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
2000:Near Sakaiminato, Japan, an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck, the most powerful earthquake since the devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, but damage and casualties . . . more
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October 11, 2006 07:37 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt, born this day in 1884, was a United Nations diplomat, a humanitarian, the wife (and distant cousin) of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and, . . . more
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October 24, 2006 10:49 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Luciano Berio
Italian musician Luciano Berio, born this day in 1925, combined lyric and expressive qualities with advanced techniques of electronicand aleatoricmusic and ranked . . . more
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December 13, 2006 06:14 PM EST --
Biography of the Day -- Moses Maimonides
Philosopher, jurist, and physician Moses Maimonides, the foremost intellectual figure of medieval Judaism, whose works, written in Hebrew and Arabic, influenced . . . more
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October 05, 2006 06:32 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Václav Havel
Czech writer and dissident Václav Havel, born this day in 1936, was known for his absurdist depiction of bureaucratic routines and later served as president . . . more
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October 20, 2006 11:00 AM EDT --
This Day in History – October 20
1973: During the ongoing Watergate investigation, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox, prompting the resignations . . . more
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October 17, 2006 01:52 PM EDT --
This Day in History – October 17
1979: Mother Teresa awarded Nobel Prize
On this day in 1979, Mother Teresa, founder of a Roman Catholic order of women dedicated to the poor and particularly to . . . more
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November 13, 2006 06:14 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 13
2001: Kabul captured by Northern Alliance
On this day in 2001, on the heels of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan prompted by the deadly terrorist attacks . . . more
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October 26, 2006 12:01 AM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso, who was born this day in 1881 in Málaga, Spain, but spent most of his life in Paris, was one of the creators of Cubism and is widely seen . . . more
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October 30, 2006 11:00 AM EST --
This Day in History –- October 30
1974: Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle," regaining the world heavyweight boxing title.
1938: Orson . . . more
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November 28, 2006 06:38 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 28
1943: Opening of Tehran Conference
The Tehran Conference, attended by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet . . . more
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September 06, 2006 11:33 PM EDT --
Quote of the Day
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"Write with the learned, pronounce with the vulgar."
- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's . . . more
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September 15, 2006 12:06 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day - Agatha Christie
English novelist and playwright Agatha Christie, born this day in 1890, was a master of the detective story whose books have sold more than 100 million copies and . . . more
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September 14, 2006 10:35 AM EDT --
Biography of the Day
Dante
Italian poet and philosopher Dante, best known for the epic poem The Divine Comedy—considered one of the world's great works of literature and divided into Hell (Inferno), . . . more
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September 07, 2006 07:22 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day
Elizabeth I was born this day in 1533. She was queen of England (1558–1603) during a period, often called the Elizabethan Age, when England asserted itself vigorously as a major . . . more
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September 18, 2006 03:03 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day- Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson, born this day in 1709, was renowned for his A Dictionary of the English Language (1755) and his critical edition of Shakespeare's works and is . . . more
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September 25, 2006 04:18 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- William Faulkner
American novelist and short-story writer William Faulkner, considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, was born this day in Mississippi in 1897 . . . more
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