Robb
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Fri Dec-12-03 11:17 AM
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Today's highlights in history |
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Today in history, courtesy of the AP:
1787: Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1870: Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina became the first black lawmaker sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives.
1913: Authorities in Florence, Italy, announced that the "Mona Lisa," stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris in 1911, had been recovered.
1963: Kenya gained its independence from Britain.
1975: Sara Jane Moore pleaded guilty to a charge of trying to kill President Ford in San Francisco the previous September.
1998: The House Judiciary Committee approved a fourth and final article of impeachment, this one accusing President Clinton of abuse of power.
Aaaaand.... wait for it....
2000: A divided U.S. Supreme Court reversed a state court decision for recounts in Florida's contested election, transforming George W. Bush into the president-elect.
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Fri Dec-12-03 11:22 AM
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1. if only we had a time machine (for the last two) |
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