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Re: This Day in History

1949 : German "Bug" invades America

http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=7170

[Jan 17, 2009 3:24:17 PM]

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January 17 1950:

11 men steal more than $2 million from the Brinks Armored Car depot in Boston, Massachusetts.
It was the perfect crime--almost--as the culprits weren't caught until January 1956,
just days before the statute of limitations for the theft expired.

[Jan 17, 2009 6:25:59 PM]

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18th January, 1943 : Germans resume deportations from Warsaw to Treblinka

http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6495

[Jan 18, 2009 12:27:56 PM]

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Re: This Day in History

Tony Hart dies aged 83

[Jan 18, 2009 1:42:28 PM]

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January 18 1803:

Determined to begin the American exploration of the vast mysterious regions of the Far West,
President Thomas Jefferson sends a special confidential message to Congress asking for money to fund the journey of Lewis and Clark.

[Jan 18, 2009 3:33:11 PM]

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1943 : Germans resume deportations from Warsaw to Treblinka

http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6495

[Jan 19, 2009 3:18:37 PM]

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1942 : The Wannsee Conference

http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6684

[Jan 20, 2009 1:14:16 PM]

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January 20 2009:

Barack Obama is sworn in as President of the United States of America.

[Jan 20, 2009 11:51:57 PM]

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1996 : Arafat elected leader of Palestine

http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4694

[Jan 21, 2009 8:05:02 PM]

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January 21 1977:

U.S. President Jimmy Carter grants an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men
who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War.

[Jan 21, 2009 10:02:27 PM]

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