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1919 Irish militant nationalist party Sinn Féin creates its own parliament in Dublin and declares Ireland independent of Great Britain, sparking the Irish War of Independence.
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1948 – The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Quebec Flag Day.
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1921 British crime writer Agatha Christie publishes her first novel “The Mysterious Affair at Styles” introducing the character Hercule Poirot
1960 – Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
1976 – First commercial Concorde flight: Generating a sonic boom as it traveled through the atmosphere at supersonic speed, the Concorde, a commercial aircraft built with funding from the British and French governments, began regular service on this day in 1976.
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1977 – President of the United States Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
2004 – NASA’s MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
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2013 – Henry Okah, a Nigerian is found guilty of masterminding two car bombs in Abuja by a South African Judge.
Famous Birthdays:
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1940 Jack Nicklaus born in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. He is American professional golfer, a dominating figure in world golf from the 1960s to the ’80s. He is 84 today.
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1963 – Hakeem Olajuwon was born in Lagos, Nigerian-born American professional basketball player who led the Houston Rockets to consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) championships in 1994 and 1995. He is 61 today.
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Christian Dior – 1905 Born in the seaside town of Granville on the coast of Normandy, Christian Dior was a French couturier, best known for his eponymous fashion house which is often referred to as just Dior.