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Posted: Feb 24, 2016 - 9:02am
1868 – Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.

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Posted: Feb 23, 2016 - 6:02am
71 years ago today ...

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Posted: Feb 22, 2016 - 6:02am
1997 – In Roslin, Scottish scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.

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Posted: Feb 21, 2016 - 8:46am
1958 – The peace symbol, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.

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Posted: Feb 20, 2016 - 6:38am
2013 – The smallest extrasolar planet, Kepler-37b is discovered.

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Posted: Feb 20, 2016 - 6:36am
1986 – The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.

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Posted: Feb 20, 2016 - 6:35am
1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.

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Posted: Feb 19, 2016 - 6:17am
2002 – NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.

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Posted: Feb 19, 2016 - 6:16am
1976 – Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417

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Posted: Feb 19, 2016 - 6:15am
1953 – Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.

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Posted: Feb 19, 2016 - 6:15am
1942 – World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.

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Posted: Feb 19, 2016 - 6:14am
1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.

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Posted: Feb 19, 2016 - 6:13am
1859 – Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the first time this defense is successfully used in the United States.

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Posted: Feb 18, 2016 - 11:15am
1979 – Snow falls in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only time in recorded history.

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Posted: Feb 17, 2016 - 7:13am
Red_Dragon wrote: 1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter. ??! Trouble with a capital "T" And that rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool!

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Posted: Feb 17, 2016 - 6:29am
1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.

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Posted: Feb 17, 2016 - 6:29am
1965 – Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.

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Posted: Feb 16, 2016 - 11:41am
Beaker wrote: BC highways can wear you out. Much easier highway travel in AB. :-) And does Cardston have a hotel / motel? It's tiny! Heh. Got something booked, yeah. There was a mountain lodge near there but we figured being nearer some sort of restaurant would work out better. Wanted to stay in Waterton but their cheaper stuff is already booked.

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Posted: Feb 16, 2016 - 11:32am

Beaker wrote:

You should spend more than one night in Banff ... pretty area. If you're travelling Hwy 1 to Calgary then on to Cardston, definitely plan a stop in Canmore on your way out of the park.

Way up? pffft. That's nothing. We travel to Calgary regularly - a three hour trip. Add another hour for Banff.

I know, it's a long trip to the ocean tho, and we'll have Mother in Law along too... so 5 nights on the road is going to be... enough.

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Posted: Feb 16, 2016 - 11:10am
Beaker wrote: Actually, it's a REALLY good time to come north of the border for a visit. Your 'Merican greenbacks go pretty far, what with the current discount in the exchange rate! Tourism is in fact way up. :-) We're on our way this summer... blasting thru: 1 nite in Revelstoke, 1 Banff, 1 Cardston, then back to Terra Usa. One day we'll just drive north. Jesus you're way up there.

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