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Patricia Hysell brings history to life with short date-based stories. Each story is a thread in the tapestry of our shared past. She has been writing these essays for over three years. E-mail her: spcheck@sc.rr.com.

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The Ed Sullivan Show presented The Beatles

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

February 9, 1964: The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Richard Starkey aka Ringo Starr were...
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Stars & Stripes resumed publication

Monday, February 8th, 2010 · 1 comment

February 8, 1918: Stars & Stripes, the US military newspaper, resumes publication. On November 9, 1861 the...
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Women in Switzerland get the vote

Sunday, February 7th, 2010 · 2 comments

February 7, 1971: Women in Switzerland are given the right to vote. The struggle began centuries earlier. The history of women's suffrage has been...
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Ronald Reagan, oldest President

Saturday, February 6th, 2010 · 3 comments

February 6, 1987: Ronald Wilson Reagan celebrates his 76th birthday during his tenure as US President, making him the oldest President in US history....
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Roger Williams, separation of church and state

Friday, February 5th, 2010 · 3 comments

February 5, 1631: Roger Williams arrives in Boston. Roger was born in 1603 and by age 11 he left the Church of England and joined the Puritans. Sir...
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1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics began

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 · 1 comment

February 4, 1932: The Third Winter Olympic Games opening ceremony takes place at Lake Placid, New York. Modern Olympic Games began in 1894 with ice...
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Money matters

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 · 2 comments

February 3, 1690: Massachusetts Colony issues a new currency – America's first paper money. The Sumerians (c. 5300 BC-1940 BC) developed...
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Serum arrives in Nome, inspired Iditarod

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 · 2 comments

February 2, 1925: Diphtheria serum reaches Nome, Alaska. In the 1920s there were 100,000-200,000 cases of diphtheria in the US yearly causing...
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Royal Canadian Mounties

Monday, February 1st, 2010 · 1 comment

February 1, 1920: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) begins operations. As early as 1873, Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first Prime...
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Van Allen Belts

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 · 3 comments

January 31, 1958: The means for defining bands of radiation around Earth become available to James Van Allen. Van Allen was an American scientist from...
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