Wednesday, December 30, 2009

today long ago

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1879 Gilbert & Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," premieres

1907 Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball

1938 Electronic television system patented (V K Zworykin)

1963 "Let's Make A Deal," debuts on NBC-TV

1970 Paul McCartney sues his bandmates to dissolve the Beatles

1972, the United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam

1974 Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought)

2006 Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was hanged.

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