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50 years ago Viking-2 was launched.

I remember well the excitment of the Viking program.

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190 years ago the "Great Monn Hoax" was admitted to be just that: a hoax.

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only 275 years ago the last burning of a "witch" took place in Austria.
Maria Pauer was the name of the unfortunate woman.

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is World Post Day

I think Philately is on the retareat however.

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in 1886 the Statue of Liberty is officially dedicated by Grover Clevenland.

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1916 the first woman (Jeanette Rankin) is elected into the US House of Representatives.

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50 yeras ago the treaty of Osimo was signed.

This treaty cleras terrororial claims between Italy (and then) yugoslawia. Slowenia has declared to adhere to the treaty.

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50 years ago the short lived kingdom of Laos came to an end.

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45 yeras ago Led Zeppelin was dissolved.

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600 years ago the university of Leuven was established.

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450 years ago the funeral of Jan Vermeer took place

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@Ponderable

On this day—January 3rd—in 1892, the author of The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit was born!