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2008
SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
	26	27	28	29	30	1 Rosa Parks defies Alabama law by refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person.. (1955)
2 First Nuclear Reaction	3 Illinois became the 21st state of the United States. (1818)	4 The Mars Pathfinder lifted off from Cape Canaveral and began a 310 million-mile odyssey to explore the Red Planet's surface. (1996)	5 The 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing prohibition, is ratified. (1933)	6 Born On This Day - Carl Summerell - football (1951)	7 "Kung Fu Fighting", by Carl Douglas, reached #1 on the pop charts, staying there for two weeks. (1974)	8 John Lennon was shot and killed as he stood outside of his New York City apartment house, the Dakota. (1980)
9 Christmas seals went on sale for the first time at the Wilmington, Delaware post office; proceeds went to fight tuberculosis, (1907)	10 Born On This Day - Emily Dickinson poet d: 1886 (1830)	11 1816 - The Hoosier state, Indiana, entered the United States of America as the 19th state.	12 1787 - Pennsylvania was ratifed on this day as the second of the United States of America.	13 President Wilson arrives in France, becoming the first U.S. President to visit Europe while in office. (1918)	14 Born On This Day - Nostradamus [Michel de Notredame] - Physician and astrologer d: 1566 (1503)	15 The movie Gone With the Wind premiered in Atlanta, Georgia. (1939)
16 One of the deadliest earthquakes in history hit the Gansu province in China. The 8.6 quake killed 200,000 people. (1920)	17 Orville Wright pilots a one-minute flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This was the first controlled, sustained flight in a power-driven airplane. (1903)	18 Born On This Day -Ty [Tyrus Raymond] Cobb Baseball player d: 1961 (1886)	19 Henry II crowned as King of England; his great achievement was to strengthen the administration of the country and to establish the Exchequer. (1154)	20 1803 - The United States finally took possession of the Louisiana Territories from France on this day. (1803)	21 The first full-length animated feature film, Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, opens in Los Angeles. (1937)	22 1910 - Postal savings stamps were issued for the first time.
23 1783 - George Washington returned to Mount Vernon, after the disbanding of his army following the Revolutionary War.	24 1818 - Franz Gruber of Oberndorf, Germany composed the music for "Silent Night" to words written by Josef Mohr.	25 Christmas Day - "Silent Night" by Franz Joseph Gruber and Joseph Mohr is sung for the first time. (1818)	26 Born On This Day - Ozzie Smith - baseball (1954)	27 1932 - Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City. It was the largest indoor theatre in the world.	28 1846 - Exactly one year and one day after the 28th state entered the Union, the United States of America grew one state larger by adding Iowa.	29 Emma Snodgrass is arrested in Boston for wearing pants. (1852)
30 1927 - The first subway in the Orient was dedicated in Tokyo, Japan.	31 1877 - President Rutherford B. Hayes became the first U.S. President to celebrate his silver wedding anniversary in the White House.