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This Day in History: February
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On this day in 1971, pitcher Leroy "Satchel" Paige becomes the first Negro League veteran to be nominated for the Baseball Hall of Fame. In August of that year, Paige, a pitching legend known for his fastball, showmanship and the longevity of his pla...ying career, which spanned five decades, was inducted. Joe DiMaggio once called Paige "the best and fastest pitcher I've ever faced." (1:00)
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August 26, 2012 at 05:14 PM
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Under the rule of Claudius the Cruel, Rome was involved in many unpopular and bloody campaigns. On February 14 around the year 278 A.D., Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, was executed. (1:00)
August 26, 2012 at 01:40 PM
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On this day in history, in a highly controversial vote on February 20, 1985, the Irish government defies the powerful Catholic Church and approves the sale of contraceptives. Also on this day the first World’s Day Fair opened in San Francisco. (1:00)
August 27, 2012 at 08:42 PM
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On this day in 1633, Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome to face charges of heresy for advocating Copernican theory, which holds that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Galileo officially faced the Roman ...Inquisition in April of that same year and agreed to plead guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence. (1:00)
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August 26, 2012 at 01:46 PM
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On this day in 1923, in Thebes, Egypt, English archaeologist Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamen. Also on this day Fidel Castro claimed powers over Cuba. (1:00)
August 26, 2012 at 01:31 PM
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On this day in 1952, after a long illness, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies in his sleep at the royal estate at Sandringham. Princess Elizabeth, the oldest of the king's two daughters and next in line to succeed him, was in K...enya at the time of her father's death; she was crowned Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, at age 27. (1:00)
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August 27, 2012 at 12:13 PM
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On this day in 1885, Mark Twain publishes his famous and famously controversial novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Also on this day, Pluto was discovered as a planet though since it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. (1:00)
August 27, 2012 at 04:52 PM
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One of the first American battleships, the Maine weighed more than 6,000 tons and was built at a cost of more than $2 million, and on this day in history, a massive explosion of unknown origin sinks the battleship in Cuba's Havana harbor, killing 260... of the fewer than 400 American crew members aboard. (1:00)
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August 26, 2012 at 01:36 PM
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On this day in 1887, Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent meteorologist, is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its hole on this day and sees its shadow, ther...e will be six more weeks of winter weather; no shadow means an early spring. (1:00)
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August 27, 2012 at 04:38 PM
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On this day in 1994, white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith is convicted in the murder of African-American civil rights leader Medgar Evers, over 30 years after the crime occurred. Evers was gunned down in the driveway of his Jackson, Mississippi, ho...me on June 12, 1963, while his wife, Myrlie, and the couple's three small children were inside. (1:00)
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August 27, 2012 at 12:18 PM
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