Monday, Feb 12

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Today we will finish America, Story of US - Cities

Current Events
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Today in History

• 1554

  Lady Jane Grey, queen of England for nine days (in 1553), was executed for high treason.

• 1733

  Led by philanthropist James Edward Oglethorpe, the first English colonists arrived in Georgia, at the site of Savannah.

• 1818

  Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.

• 1870

  The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote (revoked in 1887).

• 1909

  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.

• 1912

  Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch'ing) dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen.

• 1973

  The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place.

• 1999

  The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

• 2002

  Yugoslavian ex-president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.

• 2010

  The 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.