02-16-2004, 08:11 AM
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Feruary 16th
1600 ~ Giordano Bruno burned at stake
1923 ~ Howard Carter finds the tomb of Pharoah Tutankhamen.
1945 ~ The Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines is reoccupied by American troops, almost three years after the infamous "Bataan Death March".
1951 ~ In a statement focusing on the situation in Korea, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin charges that the United Nations has become "a weapon of aggressive war."
1959 ~ Fidel Castro, aged 32, sworn in as Cuban Prime Minister.
1979 ~ The Bee Gees receive the Grammy for Best Album of 1978 for "Saturday Night Fever".
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