On this day

[Henry M]

Hello

On this particular Hallmark Greeting Cards Day:

Valentine's Day is celebrated in several countries.  (your mileage 
my vary, "but not for me")

The German miners' union, IG Bau (a-and Mrs. Bau), and energy union, 
IG Energie, are scheduled to form a human chain along the 93.1 km 
distance between Neukirchen-Vluyn and Luenen Germany in a protest 
designed to save the coal industry.  

In Australia, members of the Alley Cat Allies of the National Feral 
Cat Network plan to protest Australian Parliament member Richard 
Evans' plan to eliminate cats in the country by the year 2020.       

In history:

In 1400, King Richard II of England, deposed from the throne the  
previous year, died mysteriously in Pontefract Castle.  

In 1797, the British fleet, under Admirals John Jervis and Horatio  
Nelson, defeated the Spanish at the battle of St. Vincent off 
Portugal.  (kiss me, ...)

In 1929, Al Capone's henchmen, in order to prevent the hijacking of  
whiskey shipments, killed seven members of the Bugs Moran gang in the 
"St. Valentine's Day Massacre" in a Chicago garage.  (see what 
happends when a guy's gal isn't with him on a holiday...)

In 1933, the first telephone speaking clock came into operation in  
the Paris area.  

In 1939, the German navy launched its battleship Bismarck.  

In 1946, an electronic brain, or computer, began working at the  
University of Pennsylvania, taking seconds to do calculations which 
normally took hours. It was called ENIAC or Electronic Numerical 
Integrator And Computer.  

In 1956, the 20th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party opened,  
during which Nikita Khrushchev denounced the policies of Joseph 
Stalin.  

In 1958, King Faisal of Iraq and King Hussein of Jordan proclaimed  
the merger of their kingdoms in the Arab Federation, with King Faisal 
as head of state and King Hussein his deputy.  

In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran (see 1989) was stormed by 
demonstrators,  holding the ambassador and staff captive for several 
hours.  

In 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini (see 1979) issued an edict ordering the 
execution of British author Salman Rushdie after the publication of 
his novel, "Satanic Verses."  

In 1989, kidnappers escaped with up to $2.5 million ransom after  
releasing former Belgian Prime Minister Paul Vanden Boeynants from a 
month of captivity.  

In 1989, Union Carbide Corp. of the U.S. accepted an Indian Supreme 
Court ruling that it pay $470 million in compensation for the 1984 
Bhopal poison gas disaster.  

In 1992, the European Community and the seven-nation European Free  
Trade Association struck a final deal, clearing the way for the 
creation of the world's biggest single market.  

AsB4
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