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Defend America on Sunday, February 01, 2009 10:46:57 AM
February 1,
1790
First session of the U.S. Supreme Court
In
the Royal Exchange Building on New York City's Broad Street, the
Supreme Court of the United States meets for the first time, with Chief
Justice John Jay of New York presiding.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4727
February 1,
1861
Texas secedes
Texas becomes the seventh state to secede from the Union when a state convention votes 166 to 8 in favor of the measure.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2092
1999 - Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky gave a deposition that
was videotaped for senators weighing impeachment charges against U.S. President Clinton.
February 1,
2003
Bush addresses the nation after space shuttle Columbia explodes
On
this day in 2003, after ordering the nation’s flags to fly at
half-staff, President George W. Bush solemnly addresses the public via
live television in the wake of the explosion of the space shuttle
Columbia. Hours earlier, television crews had captured
Columbia’s
tragic disintegration upon reentering the earth’s atmosphere. All
aboard were killed. This was the nation’s second space shuttle
disaster--in 1986, the space shuttle
Challenger had exploded during its ascent, also killing the entire crew.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=172