2011 – The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.

1979 – The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

1938 – BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".

1916 – Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.

1861 – American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.

1808 – Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.

 aflanigan wrote: 
Ooopsy - fixed it  

I type the name "Robert" so often that I got careless.

 sirdroseph wrote: 
Sorry, my bad, it was actually a typo on Proclivities' part (Robert, he forgot the "a" at the end).

:meaculpa:

1954 – President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.

69 years ago today my mom and dad got married - changing their big wedding in June to a small wedding in February so my dad could get "married Naval officer" housing while it was available.
 
 
Thank goodness for that union.  

 aflanigan wrote: 

??  What does the fact that I lived in Black Mountain in 1993 and Roberta Flack being born there in 1939 have to do with my eyesight??

 sirdroseph wrote: 

Dude, I think it's time to have your eyeglass prescription checked.

 Proclivities wrote: 

I didn't know she was born there, I lived in Black Mountain for a short stint in '93.  Quaint little mountain town, very scenic.

Roberta Flack born in Black Mountain, NC, 1939

 Antigone wrote: 
immoral,  not immortal

1971 – Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.

 Antigone wrote: 

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
I thought you were immortal.

 Antigone wrote: 
I'm not quite as old as you think I am.