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Thursday, February 2, 2017

Today in History

 962
Otto I invades Italy and is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
1032
Conrad II claims the throne of France.
1494
Columbus begins the practice of using Indians as slaves.
1571
All eight members of a Jesuit mission in Virginia are murdered by Indians who pretended to be their friends.
1626
Charles I is crowned King of England. Fierce internal struggles between the monarchy and Parliament characterized 17th century English politics.
1848
The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo formally ends the Mexican War.
1865
Confederate raider William Quantrill and his bushwackers rob citizens, burn a railroad depot and steal horses from Midway, Kentucky.
1870
The press agencies Havas, Reuter and Wolff sign an agreement whereby between them they can cover the whole world.
1876
The National Baseball League is founded with eight teams.
1900
Six cities, Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Chicago and St. Louis agree to form baseball‘s American League.
1901
Mexican government troops are badly beaten by Yaqui Indians.
1916
U.S. Senate votes independence for Philippines, effective in 1921.
1921
Airmail service opens between New York and San Francisco. Airmail’s First Day.
1934
Alfred Rosenberg is made philosophical chief of the Nazi Party.
1939
Hungary breaks relations with the Soviet Union.
1943
Last of the German strongholds at Stalingrad surrender to the Red Army.
1944
The Germans stop an Allied attack at Anzio, Italy.
1945
Some 1,200 Royal Air Force planes blast Wiesbaden and Karlsruhe.
1948
The United States and Italy sign a pact of friendship, commerce and navigation.
1959
Arlington and Norfolk, Va., peacefully desegregate public schools.
1960
The U.S. Senate approves 23rd Amendment calling for a ban on the poll tax.
1972
The Winter Olympics begin in Sapporo, Japan.
1978
U.S. Jewish leaders bar a meeting with Egypt’s Anwar Sadat.
1987
Largest steel strike in American history, in progress since August, ends.

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