01-05-2006, 06:36 AM
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Location: Maryland
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January 5th
1781 ~ Richmond, Virginia was burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
1914 ~ Ford Motor Company announced an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.
1933 ~ Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began in San Francisco Bay.
1938 ~ Birth of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
1964 ~ Pope Paul VI met the Greek patriarch Athenagoras I in Jerusalem, the first meeting of Catholic and Orthodox leaders since 1439.
1968 ~ Alexander Dubček comes to power, "Prague Spring" begins in Czechoslovakia.
1972 ~ President Nixon funded the development of a space shuttle program.
1997 ~ Withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya.
2000 ~ The 1st day of the 2000 Al Qaeda Summit.
2003 ~ Death of Roy Jenkins, British Politician.
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