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Today in History: *Caligula: Roman emperor who had a reputation for freakish behavior was assassinated by his Praetorian Guards (42) *gold rush: a gold nugget was found at Sutters Mill in northern California; President Polk announced the find in December and the gold rush began (1848) *Robert Baden-Powell: organized the first Boy Scout troop in England (1908) *Eskimo Pie: chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar was patented by Christian K. Nelson; it aimed to satisfy cravings for ice cream and chocolate bars at once (1922) *St. Petersburg: Russian city was renamed Leningrad three days after Lenins death (1924) *Shoichi Yokoi: Japanese soldier was discovered hiding on Guam, 28 years after American forces reconquered the island in the Battle of Guam (1972) *Department of Homeland Security: began operations, headed by Tom Ridge (2003)
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 18:23:17 +0000

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