Wednesday, December 9, 2009

a history lesson

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1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin

1854 Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade," published

1960 - Sperry Rand Corporation unveiled a new computer, known as "Univac 1107."


1965 "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres


1967 Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace

1972 - "Tommy" was performed at London's Rainbow Theatre. The recording of the event was released the next year.
1987  the first Palestinian intefadeh, or uprising, began as riots broke out in Gaza and spread to the West Bank

1992  U.S Marines storm Mogadishu, Somalia

1992 - Bill Wyman left the Rolling Stones after over 30 years with the group.

1994 Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders resigns after masturbation comments

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