Francis Steele Veterans of Foriegn Wars Post 817
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1933 - German President Paul von Hindenburg made Adolf Hitler chancellor.
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1945 - Pvt. Eddie Slovik becomes the first American soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion-and the only one who suffered such a fate during World War II.
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1862 - ?The Battle Hymn of the Republic? was first published in ?Atlantic Monthly? as an anonymous poem.
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Ground Hog Day
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1913 - The Sixteenth Amendment, which authorized the federal income tax, was ratified, just a month before Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated as president.
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Biscuits 'N' Gravy. 8:30 am till gone
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Texas Hold'Um Tournament.
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1971 - Moonwalk by CAPT Alan B. Shepherd, Jr. USN, Commander of Apollo 14 and CDR Edgar D. Mitchell, USN Lunar Module Pilot.
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1911 - Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois.
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1965 - As part of Operation Flaming Dart, 49 U.S. Navy jets from the 7th Fleet carriers Coral Sea and Hancock drop bombs and rockets on the barracks and staging areas at Dong Hoi, a guerrilla training camp in North Vietnam.
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Post and Auxiliary Meeting
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1825 - As no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824, the U.S. House of Representatives votes to elect John Quincy Adams, who won fewer votes than Andrew Jackson in the popular election, as president of the United States.
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1763 - The Seven Years' War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by France, Great Britain, and Spain.
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Boneless Ribs and More. 5:30 pn till Gone
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1945 - A week of intensive bargaining by the leaders of the three major Allied powers ends in Yalta, a Soviet resort town on the Black Sea.
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Chance Snow
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Lincoln's Birthday
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Snow
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1887 - Alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I, was born.
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Valentine's Day
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Chance Snow
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1898 - A massive explosion of unknown origin sinks the battleship USS Maine in Cuba's Havana harbor, killing 260 of the fewer than 400 American crew members aboard.
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Slight Chance Snow
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1801 - After one tie vote in the Electoral College and 35 indecisive ballot votes in the House of Representatives, Vice President Thomas Jefferson is elected the third president of the United States over his running mate, Aaron Burr.
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Birthday Kegger/Potluck for Birthdays Nov.-Feb. Keg @ 3:00 pm Potluck @ 5:30 pm
1994 - President Clinton notified Congress he was prepared to order bombing by U.S. warplanes in Bosnia.
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83rd. Annual Past Commander's Dinner Social 11:30 am Dinner at 12:30 pm
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President's Day
1962 - From Cape Canaveral, Florida, John Hershel Glenn Jr. is successfully launched into space aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first orbital flight by an American astronaut.
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1885 - The Washington Monument, built in honor of America's revolutionary hero and first president, is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
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Washington's Birthday
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1846 - The Liberty Bell tolled for the last time, to mark George Washington?s birthday. A hairline fracture had developed since 1817 and a failed attempt to repair it resulted in the crack.
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1836 - Texan Colonel William Travis sends a desperate plea for help for the besieged defenders of the Alamo, ending the message with the famous last words, 'Victory or Death.'
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2005 - Iraqi security forces reported the capture of Saddam Hussein's half-brother and former adviser. Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, the 6 of diamonds, was No. 36 on the list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis.
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1968 - Robert McNamara resigned as US Secretary of Defense after the Tet disaster. He was succeeded by Clark Clifford for 9 months who worked to reverse US policy in Vietnam.
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