Busy day, today!


1943 ~ Stalingrad - 23 German generals, 2,000 officers and 130,000 soldiers surrender to the Russians. Only 5,000 survived captivity.


1966 ~ A successful coup d'etat took palce in Burkina Faso.... today now known as Revolution Day!


1521 ~ Martin Luther excommunicated by Pope Leo X.


1777 ~ George Washington defeated Cornwallis's forces at the Battle of Princeton.


1833 ~ Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands.


1870 ~ Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began.


1920 ~ The "curse of the Bambino" haunted the Boston Red Sox after they sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.


1947 ~ Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time.


1958 ~ Sir Edmund Hillary reached the South Pole overland.


1959 ~ Alaska became the 49th state in the United States.


1962 ~ Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro.


1987 ~ Aretha Franklin became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


1990 ~ Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces.

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind