Thursday, January 26, 2012

January 26 - Co-conspirators

Co-conspirators

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I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure they're up to something.

This Day In History
1788
The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Commemorated as Australia Day 
1802
Congress passed an act calling for establishment of a library within the US Capitol
1905
The world's largest diamond, the Cullinan, weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.62135 kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa 
1911
Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane. 
1962
Ranger program: Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km). 
1978
The Great Blizzard of 1978, a rare severe blizzard with the lowest non-tropical atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the US, strikes the Ohio – Great Lakes region with heavy snow and winds up to 100 mph. 
1980
Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
1988
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway. It would go on to become the longest-running Broadway show.

Famous Birthdays
1887
Marc Mitscher, American admiral (d. 1947)
1892
Bessie Coleman, American pioneer aviator (d. 1926)
1905
Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (d. 1987)
1918
Philip José Farmer, American writer (d. 2009)
1925
Paul Newman, American actor, philanthropist, race car driver and race team owner (d. 2008)
1946
Gene Siskel, American film critic (d. 1999)
1963
Andrew Ridgeley, English musician

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