ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY IN 1947: U.N. votes of partition of Palestine; 1775: Congress creates Committee of Secret Correspondence; 1996: Last day at VW for Jose Ignacio Lopez; 1864: Native Americans are massacred at Sand Creek, Colorado; 1952: Eisenhower goes to Korea; 2011: Dr. Conrad Murray receives four-year sentence in Michael Jacksons death; 1991: Dust storm causes massive pileup in California; 1929: Byrd flies over South Pole; 1950: Chinese overwhelm Allies in North Korea; 1963: Johnson established Warren Commission; 1981: Actress Natalie Wood drowns; 1943: Sue Miller is born; 1975: Silver Convention earn a #1 pop hit with Fly, Robin, Fly; 1963: LBJ forms commission to investigate Kennedy assassination; 1997: The legendary Eddie Robinson coaches his last game; 1967: McNamara resigns as Secretary of Defense; 1968: Communists vow to smash Phoenix program; 1971: Americal Division stands down and departs; 1918: American nurse Maude Fisher writes to mother of war casualty; 1942: Coffee rationing begins. BIZARRE AND UNIQUE HOLIDAYS: Black Friday; Buy Nothing Day-always the day after Thanksgiving...does anyone abide by it; Square Dance Day; Youre Welcome Day-the day after Thanksgiving.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 15:00:46 +0000
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