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[metsrock69]

This Started Earlier In The Year And People Keep Adding To It. I Like All The Facts That Are Here . Thank You To All Who Posted.

[DeliriousKris]

January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 363 days remaining until the end of the year (364 in leap years).

1929 – US and Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls.
1934 – First state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania.
1965 – Martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters in the USA.
1967 – Ronald Reagan sworn in as Governor of California
1975 – US Department of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species.
1983 – The musical Annie is performed for the last time after 2,377 shows at the Uris Theatre on Broadway, New York City, New York, USA.

[DeliriousKris]

This Started Earlier In The Year And People Keep Adding To It. I Like All The Facts That Are Here . Thank You To All Who Posted.

I've learned a lot by posting my facts and reading other people's facts!

[momdileo]

awesome stuff didn't know that

[DeliriousKris]

January 3 is the third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 362 days remaining until the end of the year (363 in leap years).
Perihelion, the point in the year when the Earth is closest to the Sun, occurs around this date.

1877 – In Warrenton, Missouri, a meteorite falls to the ground; no damage or injuries.
1959 – Alaska becomes the 49th state to join the USA.
1977 – Apple Computers is incorporated.
2000 – The last original weekday Peanuts comic strip is published.
2008 – Rare snow flurries in southeast Florida, USA.

[DeliriousKris]

January 4 is the fourth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 361 days remaining until the end of the year (362 in leap years).

1896 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
1962 – New York City introduces the first automated subway train that operates without a crew on-board.
1972 – Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England.
1989 – US Vice President George Bush is first since Vice President Van Buren to declare himself President.
1999 – Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
2007 – The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.

[DeliriousKris]

January 5 is the fifth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 360 days remaining until the end of the year (361 in leap years).

1846 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Rφntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
1909 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
1940 – FM radio is demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission for the first time.
1975 – Bradley Cooper, American actor, is born

[DeliriousKris]

January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 358 days remaining until the end of the year (359 in leap years).

1797 – The modern Italian flag is first used.
1927 – The first transatlantic telephone service is established – from New York, New York to London, United Kingdom.
1959 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
2012 – A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board.

[DeliriousKris]

January 8 is the eight day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 357 days remaining until the end of the year (358 in leap years).

1835 – The United States national debt is zero for the only time.
1904 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
1963 – Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
2002 – President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.

[mythociate]

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[DeliriousKris]

February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 330 days remaining until the end of the year (331 in leap years).

1789 – George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
1975 – Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.

[DeliriousKris]

... or I could go to http://www.famousdaily.com (SPOILER  )

You could...but then you wouldn't get participation points for the forum bonus.

[JediJohnnie]

March 17.......Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Legendary Stooge, Shemp Howard was born in 1895
Nat "King" Cole was born in 1919
Patrick Duffy was born in 1949
Kurt Russell was born in 1951
Lesley-Anne Down was born in 1954
Gary Sinise  was born in 1955

 Fred Allen (Jack Benny's radio "nemesis") died in 1956
Merritt Butrick (probably best known as Captain Kirk's son David) died in 1989
Helen Hayes died in 1993
Michael Gough (Alfred in the 90's Batman films) died in 2011

[DeliriousKris]

March 28 is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 278 days remaining until the end of the year.

1871 – The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
1986 – American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress Lady Gaga was born
1990 – President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1994 – BBC Radio 5 is closed and replaced with a new news and sport station BBC Radio 5 Live.

[DeliriousKris]

March 30 is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 276 days remaining until the end of the year.

1822 – The Florida Territory is created in the United States.
1856 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
1867 – Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
1870 – Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.