| It
was on this day... | 2001
Congress certifies Bush winner of 2000 elections | | Presiding
over the Senate, Presidential Candidate Al Gore, certifies George W Bush as the
victor in one of the closest presidential ballots in US history. The deceleration
was 5 weeks late because of disputed ballots in Florida. Gore became only the
third candidate to win the popular vote, but not get into the White House. The
final result was 271 to Bush, 266 to Gore, after the deciding 25 Florida votes
went to Bush after a manual recount was denied by the Supreme Court. |
| It
was on this day... |
1977 EMI fires Sex Pistols | | The
Sex Pistols, a punk group which came to notoriety in the UK for their anarchist
views and strong language, were fired on this day by EMI, their record label,
after an alleged incident at Heathrow Airport in which they were said to have
sworn and spat at each other. |
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1971 Joey Lauren Adams
1957 Nancy Lopez
1955 Rowan Atkinson
1946 Syd
Barrett
1913 Loretta Young
1412 Joan of Arc | | Source |
| Other
News | 1936:
Porky Pig debuts in Warner Brother's cartoon "Gold Diggers of '49." 1973:
Adolf Hitler's car is sold (for $153K, a record at the time) 1917:
A gold plated car, a Studebaker touring sedan, was put on show at the New York
Automobile Show |
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