1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican War. The United States acquires Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona for $15 million.
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1863 – American author and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens takes the name Mark Twain.
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1887 – The First Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, PA. It was originally based on the Christian holiday Candlemas Day.
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1943 – The WWII Battle of Stalingrad ends with the surrender of the German 6th Army, under the command of newly-promoted Field Marshall Friedrich Paulus.
FAMOUS BIRTHS
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1803 – Confederate General Albert Sydney Johnston is born in Washington, KY. He was killed early in the Civil War at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862.
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1887 – The First Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, PA. It was originally based on the Christian holiday Candlemas Day.
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1943 – The WWII Battle of Stalingrad ends with the surrender of the German 6th Army, under the command of newly-promoted Field Marshall Friedrich Paulus.
FAMOUS BIRTHS
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1803 – Confederate General Albert Sydney Johnston is born in Washington, KY. He was killed early in the Civil War at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862.
1882 – Irish novelist and poet James Joyce is born (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake).
FAMOUS DEATHS
FAMOUS DEATHS
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1784 – Caesar Rodney, US judge and signator of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, dies at 62.
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