Today in History

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1608 Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia

1610 Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa & Ganymede

1862 Battle of Manassas Junction, VA

1894 Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing

1911 1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, SF

1914 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal

1924 - George Gershwin completed "Rhapsody in Blue" at the age of 26.

1942 WW II siege of Bataan starts

1949 1st photo of genes taken at U of S Calif by Pease & Baker

1950 "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Gene Autry topped the charts and stayed there for a week

1955 Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (NYC)

1970 Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock"

1992 AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499)

1999 President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial began in the Senate. (He was later acquited on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.)