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Thursday, February 8, 2007

This Day in History - Feb 08/07

Events on this day in history:

--> 1693, Charter granted for College of William and Mary, 2nd college in
US.
--> 1883, Louis Waterman begins experiments that invent the fountain pen.
--> 1908, Boy Scouts of America founded.
--> 1915, "Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles.
--> 1922, Radio arrives in the White House.
--> 1957, Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall.
--> 1977, Earthquake, at 5.0, strongest since 1966.