FreightTrain
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Big date throughout history!
1705 - Queen Anne of England knighted Isaac Newton.
1862 - In the U.S., slavery was abolished by law in the District of Columbia.
1900 - The first book of postage stamps was issued. The two-cent stamps were available in books of 12, 24 and 48 stamps.
1943 - In Basel, Switzerland, chemist Albert Hoffman accidently discovered the the hallucinogenic effects of LSD-25 while working on the medicinal value of lysergic acid.
1951 - 75 people were killed when the British submarine Affray sank in the English Channel.
1968 - The Pentagon announced that troops would begin coming home from Vietnam.
1987 - The U.S. Patent Office began allowing the patenting of new animals created by genetic engineering.
1999 - Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement from the National Hockey League (NHL).
2007 - In Blacksburg, VA, a student killed 33 people at Virginia Tech before killing himself.
1705 - Queen Anne of England knighted Isaac Newton.
1862 - In the U.S., slavery was abolished by law in the District of Columbia.
1900 - The first book of postage stamps was issued. The two-cent stamps were available in books of 12, 24 and 48 stamps.
1943 - In Basel, Switzerland, chemist Albert Hoffman accidently discovered the the hallucinogenic effects of LSD-25 while working on the medicinal value of lysergic acid.
1951 - 75 people were killed when the British submarine Affray sank in the English Channel.
1968 - The Pentagon announced that troops would begin coming home from Vietnam.
1987 - The U.S. Patent Office began allowing the patenting of new animals created by genetic engineering.
1999 - Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement from the National Hockey League (NHL).
2007 - In Blacksburg, VA, a student killed 33 people at Virginia Tech before killing himself.
