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2009-10-22 06:57:44

October 22nd :

1797 – André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.

1836 – Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.

1966 – The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album.

Celebrity Birthdays Include :

1938 – Christopher Lloyd

1942 – Annette Funicello

1968 – Shaggy

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2009-11-02 12:53:41

1772 Sam Adams and J.Warren form the First Committee of Correspondence
1783-Washington gives his famous 'Farewell Address in which he warns about avoiding long standing alliances and entanglements

1889 Both North and South dakota are admitted to the Union. The world's best pasta is made from wheat from the Dakotas
1917 The Balfour Declaration is signed by England, promising a Jewish homeland in Israel. Of course , the British government soon went against this decree.
1920 KDKA broadcasts from Pittsburgh. It is one of the few radio station East of the Mississippi to have call leters beginning with a "K".
1961 The great singer , k.d.Lang is born
2004 The journalist Theo Van Gough is murdered for her articles on the practice of "honor" murders.

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2009-11-11 06:55:14

November 11th is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 50 days remaining until the end of the year.
The end of World War I is commemorated on this day, commonly known as Remembrance Day. The ceasefire went into effect at 11:00am CET in 1918, the date of which (and sometimes the commemoration of) is known as Armistice Day.