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A Note from History – February 6

Customer Relations — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:04:32 +0000

1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stamford_Raffles#Establishment

A Note from History – February 2

Customer Relations — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:37:11 +0000

1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam#1625.E2.80.931674

A Note from History – February 1

Customer Relations — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:10:42 +0000

1876 – A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the “Molly Maguires”, to disband.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Maguires#The_trials

A Note from History – January 31

Customer Relations — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:11:43 +0000

1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2 – Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_the_Chimp#Training_and_mission

A Note from History – January 27

Customer Relations — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:50:36 +0000

1951 – Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_Site

A Note from History – January 26

Customer Relations — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:45:38 +0000

1808 – Rum Rebellion, the only successful armed takeover of the government in Australia.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_Rebellion

A Note from History – January 24

Customer Relations — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:45:15 +0000

1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoichi_Yokoi#War_years_and_post-war_survival

A Note from History – January 18

Customer Relations — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:59:10 +0000

1882, A.A. Milne, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, is born.

Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/aa-milne-is-born

A Note from History – January 17

Customer Relations — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:49:40 +0000

1929 – Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thimble_Theatre

A Note from History – January 16

Customer Relations — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:07:36 +0000

1605 – The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote