On This Week Facts

Facts About What Happened On This Very Day. Interesting Facts About History! Posting Daily!

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On This Week: The Roe vs Wade case to allow abortion was started

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Hey guys, I've found it hard to balance this and my personal life at the same time so I can't post everyday. So I'll start doing by week :)

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Not going to be able to post tonight! Sorry! It's my final night of finals! Wish me luck :)

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Today's Birthday: Jerry Trainor #HappyBirthdayJerry

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On This Day In 1903: Harry Houdini escapes from Halvemaansteeg police station in Amsterdam

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On This Day In 1977: Italy legalizes abortion

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On This Day In 1977: US President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders

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On This Day In 1980: Gold hits record $850 an ounce

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On This Day In 1989: Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer

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On This Day In 2008
Black Monday in worldwide stock markets. FTSE 100 had its biggest ever one-day points fall, European stocks closed

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On This Day In 2013: 1 person is killed and 15 are injured by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in Indonesia

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Today's VIP Birthday Is:
Erwin (Buzz) Aldrin 1930 #HappyBirthdayBuzz

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I'm going to start posting birthdays of famous people also. Wether or not that has to do with history, that's your call :)

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On This Day In 1502: The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is first explored.

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On This Day In 1869: Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before US Congress

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On This Day In 1892: 1st basketball game played (Mass)

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On This Day In 1937: 1st US Presidential Inauguration day held on Jan 20th, (previously March 4th [amendment 20])

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On This Day In 1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as US President

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On This Day In 1949: J. Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen

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On This Day In 1953: 1st live US coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)