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PRESIDENT ACQUITTED ON THIS DAY IN 1999

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Clinton and Lewinsky in 1997.

On February 12, 1999, the five-week impeachment trial of Bill
Clinton
come to an end, with the Senate voting to acquit the
president on both articles of impeachment: perjury and
obstruction of justice.

In November 1995, Clinton began an affair with Monica
Lewinsky
, a 21-year-old unpaid intern.

 


Floor proceedings of the U.S. Senate, in session during the
1999 impeachment Senate trial of Bill Clinton.


Depiction of the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson
in 1868, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase presiding.

 

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THE JAZZ WORLD HAS LOST A LEGEND AT 79

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Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea
(June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021)

Chick Corea, iconic jazz keyboardist and winner of 23 Grammy
awards, died at his Florida home from a rare form of Cancer.

 

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RESTAURANT CO-FOUNDER DIES AT 92

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Sally Farris Dussin  (August 21, 1928 – January 28, 2021)

 

In 1969, Guss and Sally Dussin opened the first Old Spaghetti
Factory in Portland, Oregon on SW 2nd Avenue and SW Pine
Street in Old Town (below). Today, there are 45 locations in
14 states and Japan.

 

 

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Beloved Restaurant, The Old Spaghetti Factory, Celebrates 50 Years; Rolls Back Prices

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PUBLISHER LARRY FLYNT IS DEAD AT 78

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Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. (November 1, 1942 – February 10, 2021)


Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine died from heart failure in Los Angeles. 

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