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VOTE TO ACQUIT PRESIDENT ON THIS DAY IN 1999

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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.

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1931

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James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)

After his death in a car crash, Dean became the first actor
to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for
Best Actor, and remains the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations, In 1999, the American
Film Institute
ranked him the 18th best male movie star
of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars
list.

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BRITISH STATESMAN DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
(30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965)

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who
guided Great Britain and the Allies through the crisis of
World
War II
, died in London at the age of 90.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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LBJ died on his Hill Country Ranch in January 1973.

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Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973)

Johnson served as the 36th president of the United States
from 1963 to 1969.

He holds the distinction of being one of the few presidents
who served in all elected offices at the federal level.

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PLANE CRASHED INTO POTOMAC RIVER IN 1982

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On January 13, 1982, an Air Florida Boeing 737-222 plunged into
the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., killing 78 people. The
crash, caused by bad weather, took place only two miles from
the
White House.

The Air Florida flight took off from Washington National Airport
in Arlington,
Virginia, with 74 passengers and 5 crew members
on board. The plane had flown into Washington from Miami in
the early afternoon and was supposed to return to Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida, after a short stop.

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