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Events:
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention
Month. For info: March of Dimes Birth
Defects Foundation, 1275 Mamaroneck Ave, White
Plains, NY 10605. Phone: (914) 997-4600. Web:
http://www.modimes.org
- National Eye Care Month. For info:
American Academy of Ophthalmology-NEC, PO
Box 7424, San Francisco, CA 94140-7424. Fax:
(415) 561-8567. E-mail: PIMR@aao.org.
Web: http://www.eyenet.org
See curriculum Connection.
- National Personal Self-Defense Awareness
Month. For info: Natl Self-Defense Institute,
Inc, 1521 Alton Rd, Box 131, Miami Beach,
FL 33139. Phone: (305) 868-NSDI. Fax: (305)
577-8213.
- 21:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday
ˇ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day On the Net.
A Celebration of the... http://www.holidays.net/mlk
- 23:
Twentieth Amendment to US Constitution
Ratified: Anniversary (1933) The 20th
Amendment was ratified, fixing the date of
the presidential inauguration at the current
Jan 20 instead of the previous Mar 4. Analysis
in easy terms from : http://www.vaix.net/~captainnemo/plan/20th.htm
- 25:
First Scheduled Transcontinental Flight:
Anniversary (1959) American Airlines opened
the jet age in the US with the first scheduled
transcontinental flight on a Boeing 707 nonstop
from California to New York.
- 25:
Macintosh Computer Released: Anniversary
(1984) Apple Computer released its new Macintosh
model on this day, which eventually replaced
the Apple II. The new computer sold for $2,495.
- 27:
Apollo I: Spacecraft Fire: 35th Anniversary
(1967) January 27, 1967. Tragedy struck on
the launch pad during a preflight test for
Apollo 204 (AS-204), which was scheduled to
be the first Apollo manned mission, and would
have been launched on February 21, 1967. Astronauts
Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee
lost their lives when a fire swept through
the Command Module (CM). http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollo204/zorn/grissom.htm
- 28:
Challenger
Space Shuttle Explosion:
Anniversary (1986) The Challenger Accident
On January 28, 1986 America was shocked by
the destruction of the space shuttle Challenger,
and the death of its seven crew members. ...
http://www.fas.org/spp/51L.html
- 28:
Martí, José Julian: Birth Anniversary
(1853) Cuban author and political activist,
born at Havana, Cuba. Martí was exiled to
Spain, where he studied law before coming
to the US in 1890. He was killed in battle
at Dos Rios, Cuba, May 19, 1895. Quotations:
http://xld.com/public/cuba/marti.htm
with Cuba links
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