On this day

[Henry M]

Ramadan is over

It's Lunar New year in China, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, 
Singapore, Mongolia, and Malaysia

In 1301, King Edward I of England revived the title of Prince of 
Wales and bestowed it on Edward of Caernarvon, later Edward II.  

In 1904, the biggest fire in the United States since the great 
Chicago blaze of 1871 broke out in Baltimore, destroying more 
than 2,600 buildings.  

In 1961, 23 yo Jane Fonda made her "acting" debut in the NBC drama. 
"A String of Beads."

In 1964, amid scenes of mass hysteria, the Beatles pop group arrived
in the United States for the first time.  (Yeah, yeah, yeah...)

In 1968, all 10 provincial premieres of Canada agreed to draft a new
constitution giving the French language equal status with English
throughout Canada.  

In 1971, in Switzerland, a referendum voted in favor of female
suffrage.  (ah, neutrality, frozen assets and all)

In 1977, Britain acknowledged to the European Court of Human Rights
that malpractice had been used against prisoners in Ulster in 1971;  
it pledged never again to use deprivation techniques.  

In 1984, U.S. astronaut Bruce McCandless flew up to 100 yards from 
the Space Shuttle Challenger using only a powered backpack, the first 
time it had been done.  

In 1986, President Jean-Claude Duvalier of Haiti fled to France after
demonstrations against his rule.  

In 1990, the Soviet Communist Party leadership agreed to surrender 
its 70-year monopoly on power, paving the way for a multi-party  
democracy.  

In 1991, a mortar bomb attack was made on Number 10 Downing Street,
the official residence of Prime Minister John Major, from a vehicle 
in a nearby street.  

In 1992, European Community ministers formally signed the Maastricht 
Treaty of European Union.  

In 1994, the European Union backed the use of air strikes to relieve  
besieged Sarajevo.  

In 1996, ten years to the day after the collapse of the Duvalier 
family dictatorship, Rene Preval became Haiti's second freely elected 
president.  

In 1996, a Boeing 757 charter jet carrying 189 people plunged into  
shark-infested waters off the Dominican coast, killing everyone 
aboard.        


AsB4
Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
Moderation in moderation. -- Husky Mariner
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