05-16-2006, 01:20 PM
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Location: Maryland
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May 16th
1866 ~ Charles Hires invented root beer.
1868 ~ The U.S. Senate failed to convict President Andrew Johnson of the articles of impeachment against him.
1905 ~ Birthday of Henry Fonda, Actor.
1919 ~ Birthday of Liberace, American pianist.
1943 ~ The Jewish Warsaw ghetto uprising ended.
1955 ~ Birthday of Olga Korbut, gymnast.
1966 ~ Birthday of Janet Jackson, Super Bowl Half Time Flasher.
1969 ~ The Soviet space probe Venera 5 landed on Venus.
2002 ~ Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones opened in theaters.
2005 ~ Newsweek magazine retracted its Koran abuse story that started protests in Afghanistan.
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