Tuesday, February 2, 2010

today in history

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1653 New Amsterdam - now New York City - was incorporated

1876 The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs was formed in New York.

1940 Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

1943 Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army

1949 1st 45 RPM record released

1959 Buddy Holly's last performance

1971 Idi Amin assumed power in Uganda following a coup.

1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer

1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC

2007 The world's leading climate scientists said global warming has begun, is "very likely" caused by humans and will be unstoppable for centuries.

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