Almanac highlights February 3 2010 history and facts
February 3 2010 notes include first American paper money in 1690 and the 1959 Buddy Holly plane crash. Birthdays span Mendelssohn to Sean Kingston. a Stein quote. Juneau as the only U.S. state capital not reachable by road. mid 2009 count of country music radio stations. moon phase between Jan 30 and Feb 5.
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Colony
Massachusetts
America
Buddy Holly
Ritchie Valens
J.P. “Big Bopper
Richardson
Senate
Alberto Gonzales
George W. Bush
Juneau
Alaska
U.S
United States
We don't need another hero in Washington
Eugene Robinson critiques Scott Brown as a self styled savior who undermines bipartisan progress. He notes Brown's mixed positions on abortion gay marriage and health care and warns that a lone wolf approach risks stalling reforms. The piece contrasts Brown with past lawmakers who influenced major bills through coalition building.
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Washington
Scott Brown
Massachusetts
White House
Alaska
Senate
House
Brown
Walters
Bart Stupak
Sen
Joe Lieberman
Obama
Greensboro sit ins spark the sixties student activism
Andrew B. Lewis recounts how the February 1 1960 Greensboro four sit in sparked a nationwide wave reaching over 70 cities in eight weeks, creating SNCC and transforming civil rights strategy and youth engagement for decades. The piece argues the sit ins redefined protest and shaped later milestones like Freedom Rides and Selma.
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Greensboro
N.C
Brown v. Board of Education
Montgomery
Brown
South
Martin Luther King Jr
Nashville
Atlanta
Miami
Durham
Little Rock
Ark
E. Franklin Frazier
Frazier
Greensboro Four
Woolworth’s
Gallup
King
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
John Lewis
Julian Bond
Bob Moses
Stokely Carmichael
Marion Barry
Deep South
Selma
Birmingham
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Felix Mendelssohn
Horace Greeley
Gertrude Stein
Norman Rockwell
James Michener
Blythe Danner
Morgan Fairchild
Nathan Lane
Maura Tierney
Sean Kingston
Doonesbury
Garry Trudeau
Tus
ABC
Barbara Walters
Eugene Robinson
Eugenerobinson
Washpost.com
Thoreau
Stark
Andrew B. Lewis
The
Los Angeles Times
F.W. Woolworth
International Civil Rights Center and Museum
Ixeny
Stephanie
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