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Today In History – February 24 – President Andrew Johnson Impeached

Posted on 24 February 2011. Tags: , , , , , ,

President Andrew Johnson impeached. Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament. Reagan announces Caribbean Basin Initiative. Supreme Court defends right to satirize public figures. United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight. Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years

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Today In History – February 16 – China Airlines Flight 676 Crashes

Posted on 16 February 2011. Tags: , , , ,

The most daring act of the age, Civil War: Capture of Fort Donelson, President of France Félix Faure dies in office, Castro sworn in, China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area

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