Friday, February 04, 2005





In the year you were born


Harry Truman is president of the US


Elizabeth II becomes Queen of England after the death of her father, George VI


First explosion of a hydrogen device takes place at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific


Christine Jorgensen becomes the first medically and legally certified transsexual


US troops complete their pull-out from Japan


Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President of the US


Sister Theresa becomes Mother Theresa and begins her charity work in Calcutta


Rick James, Douglas Adams, and Liam Neeson also are born


Charlotte's Web by E.B. White is published

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