On This Day in History

the theme for V for Vendetta... good flick...

 

On February 2nd in 1943, the remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered in a major victory for the Soviets in World War II.

 

On February 2nd, 1905, Ayn Rand was inflicted upon the world.

 

On February 3rd in 1917, the United States broke off diplomatic relations with Germany, which had announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.

 

February 3rd 1959 was the "Day the Music Died". Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, and their pilot Roger Peterson, all died when the plane they were in crashed.

 

February 3, 1947:

Snag Yukon - Thermometers in Snag register -64C (-83F), the lowest temperature recorded in Canada; likely the lowest temperature on record in North America.

 

On February 4th in 1783 Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United Stated Of America.

 

February 5, 1980:
THE MAN CALLED INTREPID IS HONORED
Hamilton Bermuda - Sir William Stephenson is awarded the Order of Canada; the ailing Winnipeg-born engineer pioneered digital wireless photo transmission. He worked for British intelligence during World War II under the code name Intrepid, and was the personal contact man between Churchill and Roosevelt.

 

Also on February 7th In 1984, space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered spacewalk.

 

On February 7th, 1940, Disney's Pinocchio premiered
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More Importantly, on 2/7/1985, Deborah Ann Woll came into the world.

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And February 7, 1956, the world got Just a Little weirder, with the birth of Emo Phillips.

 

On February 8th in 1996, in a ceremony at the Library of Congress, President Clinton signed legislation revamping the telecommunications industry, saying it would “bring the future to our doorstep.”

 

So could it be that someone in his administration might have taken the initiative in creating the internet? ;-)
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Elizabeth II was crowned queen of the United Kingdom on February 8th, 1952.
Long live the Queen!