01-01-2010, 07:56 PM
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Location: Maryland
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January 2nd
1727 ~ Birthday of James Wolfe, British general in French and Indian War.
1872 ~ Brigham Young was arrested for bigamy (25 wives).
1882 ~ John D. Rockefeller united his oil holdings into the Standard Oil trust.
1904 ~ Death of James Longstreet, Confederate general.
1905 ~ The Russian fleet surrender at Port Arthur, China brought the Russo-Japanese War to a close.
1920 ~ Birthday of Isaac Asimov, Russian-born American science fiction author.
1929 ~ Canada and the United States agreed on a plan to preserve Niagara Falls.
1974 ~ President Nixon signed a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH.
1994 ~ Death of Dixy Lee Ray, governor of Washington State & chaired the Atomic Energy Commission.
1996 ~ U.S. peacekeepers arrive in Bosnia.
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