Britain (kinda) ~ Captain Scott reached the South Pole today in 1912; only to find the Norwegian Flag of Roald Amundsen, who beat him to it!!


1706 ~ Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston.


1806 ~ James Madison Randolph, the grandson of Thomas Jefferson, became the first child born in the White House.


1893 ~ Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani was forced to abdicate by a group of planters and businessmen.


1945 ~ Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody.


1977 ~ Gary Gilmore became the first person executed in the U.S. since the death penalty was reintroduced.


1991 ~ Operation Desert Storm was launched against Iraq.


1998 ~ President Clinton became the first sitting U.S. president to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit.


2001 ~ Gov. Gray Davis declared a state of emergency concerning California's electricity crisis.

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind