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By the numbers April 12
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1861: Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina,
starting the Civil War
1955: Salk's polio vaccine is declared safe and effective
1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once,
becoming the first man to fly in space
1992: $4 billion t...
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1955 The year the book came out. (Backstory).
Book
; Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California >> West Germany is admitted to NATO >> Albert Einstein dies >> The U.S. Patent Office issues its first patent for a nuclear reactor >> Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on an Alabama bus >> James Dean dies in a car crash
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ON THIS DAY 16 JULY ; FIRST MANNED MISSION TO MOON
Evening Standard - London
; 1661Europe's first banknotes are issued by Sweden's Stockholms Banco. 1769 Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego de Alcala, the first mission in California. It evolved into the city of San Diego. 1945 Winston Churchill, Harry Truman and Josef Stalin meet in Potsdam to decided the fate of
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 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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On this day in HISTORY.
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
; July 18 (1934) Liverpool: The Mersey Tunnel opens. (1955) US: Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California. (1987) Oxford: The university refuses Margaret Thatcher an honorary degree for the second time. July 19 (1979) Lisbon: Maria Pintassilgo becomes Portugal's first female prime minister. (1982)
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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'Creationist Disneyland' opens in Kentucky
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; PETER SLEVIN, WASHINGTON POST NEWS SERVICE The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 05-29-2007 ... Genesis is fact By PETER SLEVIN, WASHINGTON POST NEWS SERVICE Date: 05-29-2007, Tuesday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions PETERSBURG, Ky. — At the ...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Introducing Walt d'Isigny. (EuroDisneyland)
The Economist (US)
; THE French talk anxiously about a cultural Chernobyl . Yet they are already queuing up to visit the most potent symbol of American culture, installed right next to the French capital. Euro Disneyland opens to the public on April 12th (after a two-week preview to selected visitors), with essentially
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