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Jeff Parkason was born
Born in Fairfield, Iowa -
Empire State Building opened
President Hoover opened building that was 380 meters high and 102 stories. -
No Fly Zone
Airplains where banned from flying over the White House. -
WW2 starts
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Denmark Surrenders
The country of Denmark surrenders to German forces -
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Himmler ordered the establishment of Auschwitz. -
Bob Marly was born
Bob Marly was a Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter and musician. -
WW2 ends
Over 61 million Allies died and over 12 million Axis members died. -
A phenomenal winter storm in Northern US
brought from 30 to 50 inches of snow over northern states, and kills 323 people. -
First atomic-generated electrical power
Sold commercially and powered Arco, Idaho. -
US first weather satalite
The US launched the first weather satelite. -
American troops land in southern Vietnam
3500 marines land in southern Viernam being the first troops in the Vietnam war. -
Solar Eclipes over Alantic Ocean
Was totally visible from southern Mexico and over the southern parts of the United States. -
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
These rail lines operate thier final train. -
US invasion on Panama
Surrenders to American forces. -
Windows 95
Microsoft released Windows 95. -
Solar flare named Bastille Day event
Caused a geomagnetic storm on Earth -
9/11
Nearly 3000 people killed -
NASA's launch to Pluto
Launched the first 9 year, 3 million mile space mission to Pluto -
Total lunar eclipse
The first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the Northern winter solstice and Southern summer solstice since 1638 takes place.