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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

September 12, 1962 - Kennedy's "We Go to the Moon" Speech

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Violence rages in Iraq after bombing of Shiite shrine | McClatchy Washington Bureau
SAMARRA, Iraq (AP) — On this day in 2006, Sunni extremists blew up a revered Shiite shrine, igniting the worst sectarian violence Iraq had ever seen.

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, file photo, Iraqis walk past the damaged al-Askari  shrine following an explosion in Samarra, 95 kilometers (60 mile...
Iraqis walk past the damaged al-Askari shrine following the
explosion.



Chaos Overran Iraq Plan in ’06, Bush Team Says - The New York Times

Blast Destroys Sunni Mosque in Iraq, Raising Fears of Reprisals - The New York Times

Shiites Rout Sunni Families in Mixed Area of Baghdad - The New York Times

Bombing kills 53 Shiite pilgrims near Basra, Iraq - The Washington Post



       

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ANIMATED TV SPECIAL ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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"A Charlie Brown Christmas," a beloved holiday television tradition for generations of American families, debuted to overwhelming popular acclaim despite CBS network fears
of failure on this day in history, Dec. 9, 1965.  (Fox News)         


 

   

   
 

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Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz 
(November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000)

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST FOR DEC. 5

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Original The Saturday Evening Post "Home Improvement” by Stevan Dohanos.

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Stevan Dohanos
(May 18, 1907 – July 4, 1994)

Dohanos was born in Lorain, Ohio
and attended the
Cleveland School
of Art
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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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MIKE GRACIA

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President Nixon shakes hands with Premier Chou En-lai of
the People’s Republic of China. Nixon’s trip to China was
to seek a “normalization of relations.”

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PORTRAIT SOLD BIG AT POLAND AUCTION

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AP – A 17th-century masterpiece by Peter Paul Rubens,
Portrait of a Lady, at the DESA Unicum auction house
in Warsaw, Poland, sold for $3.4 Million  on Thursday,
February 17, 

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Sir Peter Paul Rubens
(28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640)

Rubens was the most versatile and
influential Baroque artist of northern
Europe in the seventeenth century.

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