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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
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