Yesterday In History - NickeysPostcards.com

Here's what happened Yesterday In History

It was day 33 of the year 2012, and there were 333 days left Famous People Born On This Day In History
1754	Talleyrand, French statesman & diplomat. Today, this person is/would be 258* years old.* More information about Talleyrand
1923	James Dickey Today, this person is/would be 89 years old. More information about James Dickey
1938	Tom Smothers Today, this person is/would be 74 years old. More information about Tom Smothers
1947	Farrah Fawcett, actress. Today, this person is/would be 65 years old. More information about Farrah Fawcett
1954	Christie Brinkley, Supermodel. Today, this person is/would be 58 years old. More information about Christie Brinkley
Events On This Day In History
1848	Mexico sells Texas, California, New Mexico & Arizona, to the U.S.
1848	First shipload of Chinese arrive in San Francisco.
1876	National Baseball League formed with 8 teams.
1880	SS Strathleven arrives in London with first successful shipment of frozen mutton from Australia.
1962	8 of the 9 planets aligned for the first time in 400 years.
And Don't Forget . . .
Groundhog Day.

Quote of the Day

"[It was] an initiation into the love of learning, of learning how to learn, that was revealed to me by my BLS masters as a matter of interdisciplinary cognition - that is, learning to know something by its relation to something else."
	Leonard Bernstein (1918-90)
	American conductor, composer
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