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Saturday, February 4, 2012.

On this day in history ..

• 1794 - French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery
• 1913 - Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim
• 1926 - Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany
• 1933 - German Pres Von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press
• 1936 - 1st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E)
• 1938 - Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts
• 1943 - Bertolt Brecht's "Der gute Mensch von Sezuan," premieres in Zrich
• 1959 - Israel begins exporting copper ore
• 1969 - Yassar Arafats takes over as chairman of PLO
• 1973 - Reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled
• 1985 - 20 countries (but not US) sign UN treaty outlawing torture
• 1986 - Israeli fighters intercept Libyan liner (passenger plane)
• 1990 - 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo
• 1997 - OJ Simpson found libel in murders of Ron Goldman & Nicole Simpson
• 1997 - Sec of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish

Famous birthdays for this day ..

• 1903 - Alexander Oppenheim, mathematician
• 1908 - Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, trumpeter
• 1910 - Alfred Mendelsohn, composer
• 1921 - Betty Friedan, Peoria Ill, feminist writer (Feminine Mystique)
• 1931 - Isabel Peron, [Maria Martinez], dancer/president Argentina
• 1945 - David Brenner, Phila, comedian/TV talk show host (Nightlife)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0708 - Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies
• 1939 - Edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55
• 1994 - Harold Schneider, US producer (5 Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at 55