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On February 18th …
1546 - Martin Luther, German leader of the Protestant
Reformation, died.
1564 - Michelangelo Buonarotti, Italian painter, sculptor, and
architect, died.
1885 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was
published.
1930 - Pluto, the ninth planet in the solar system, was
discovered by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.
1953 - The first 3-D movie, Bwana Devil, opened in New York.
2001 - FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested and charged
with spying for Russia.
2001 - Dale Earnhardt, Sr., died from injuries sustained at the
Daytona 500.
In 1901 …
Queen Victoria dies on Jan. 22 after a reign of nearly 64 years,
and is succeeded by her son, Edward VII. |
As President McKinley begins his second term, he is fatally shot
by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (Sept. 6). Theodore Roosevelt is
sworn in as successor after McKinley dies on Sept. 14.
J.P. Morgan creates the United States Steel Co., which will
become the first $1 billion corporation in the world.
Federal spending:
$0.53 billion
Unemployment: 4.0%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.02
Guglielmo Marconi successfully receives wireless signals
transmitted from England to Newfoundland.
The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from
the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of
experience.
Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based
on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must
exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have
received and am still receiving.
both by Albert Einstein |