FTA-TV First Dates - Part 6 - More episodes & series than you can poke with a suggestive mushroom

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Calhoun First VP to Resign​

1832 John C. Calhoun becomes 1st VP to resign (differences with President Jackson)

 

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1846 Iowa becomes 29th state of the United States of America

 

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Tubmans' Last Mission​

1860 Harriet Tubman arrives in Auburn, New York, on her last mission to free slaves, having evaded capture for 8 years on the Underground Railroad

 

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1869 William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum

 

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1904 1st daily wireless weather forecasts published (London)

 

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1908 Earthquake strikes Messina in Italy, killing nearly 80,000

 

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1912 1st municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California as SF Municipal Railway starts operation at Geary St (MUNI)

 

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1934 First ever Women's cricket international begins England vs Australia in Australia

 

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1945 Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance"

 

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Miami Pop Festival​

1968 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival; performers included: The Jimi Hendrix Experience; The Mothers of Invention; Chuck Berry; John Lee Hooker; The Crazy World of Arthur Brown; and Blues Image,

 

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1968 Beatles' "White Album" goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks

 

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Nazi Leader Remains Found​

1972 Nazi leader Martin Bormann's skeleton and remains are found in Berlin

 

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Winnie Mandela Banished​

1976 Winnie Mandela banished in South Africa
https://www.onthisday.com/people/winnie-mandela

 

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Bocelli's Debut​

1993 Andrea Bocelli makes his classical debut singing at a concert at Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia

 

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LinkedIn Founded​

2002 LinkedIn is founded by Reid Hoffman and others in Mountain View, California

 

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Pullman, Palin, Twiggy Knighted​

2018 British New Year's honours list include Knights for author Philip Pullman and comedian Michael Palin, a Dame for Twiggy and a Order of the Companions of Honour for Margaret Atwood
https://www.onthisday.com/people/michael-palin

 

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2021 Test cricket debutant Scott Boland takes 6 for 7 as Australia retain the Ashes (3-0) with an innings & 14 run win against England in the 3rd Test in Melbourne

 

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Woodrow Wilson(1856-1924)​

28th President of the United States (Democrat: 1913-21) and 1919 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, born in Staunton City, Virginia

 

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Lili Elbe(1882-1931)​

Danish transgender woman, former painter, and 1st identifiable recipient of sex reassignment surgery (autobiography: Man into Woman), born in Vejle, Denmark

 

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Stan Lee(1922-2018)​

American comic-book artist, writer and creative leader of Marvel multimedia corporation (Avengers, Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk), born in NYC, New York

 

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Maggie Smith(88 years old)​

1934 English actress (Harry Potter, Death on the Nile, Clash of Titans), born in Ilford, England

 

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Denzel Washington(68 years old)​

1954 American actor (Dr Chandler-St Elsewhere), born in Mount Vernon, New York

 

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Seth Meyers(49 years old)​

1973 American actor, comedian, writer and producer (Late Night with Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live), born in Evanston,, Illinois