This day in history...

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1948 Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia

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1965 US begins regular bombing & strafing of North Vietnam

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1955 Malenkov resigns as USSR premier, Bulganin replaces him

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1947 Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland

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1991 North & South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition

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1960 France performs 1st nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria

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1972 German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed

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last year
presidents day.

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In 1923, the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt by English archaeologist Howard Carter

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1955 KTVF TV channel 11 in Fairbanks AK (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

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In 1546, Martin Luther , leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, died in Eisleben.

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1978 "On the 20th Century" opens at St James Theater NYC for 460 performances

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In 1473, astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland.

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1987 Ivan Brkanovic composer, dies at 80

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1974 Yugoslavia adopts constitution

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1973 US & China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing & Washington DC

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In 1821, Mexican rebels proclaimed the Plan de Iguala, their declaration of Independence from Spain

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In 1779,a militia led by George Roders Clark routed the British from Fort Sackville in the Revolutionary War Battle of Vincennes in present day Indiana

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1976 Holgate, Kemp & Lopez' musical premieres in New York NY

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1995 Graves of czar Nicholas & family found in St Petersburg