Watercooler 2/4 Open Thread: Week in History; HELP WANTED (again)

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This Week In History

Sunday, Jan. 29: Clay introduces Compromise of 1850; Kansas statehood, 1861; Battle of Khafji, 1991
Monday, Jan. 30: USS Terry makes first air-sea rescue, 1911; “The Great Raid” on Cabanatuan POW camp, 1945; first PC virus, 1982
Tuesday, Jan. 31: Juneautown and Kilbourntown merge into Milwaukee, WI, 1846; Scotch Tape introduced, 1930; Apollo 14 launched, 1971
Wednesday, Feb. 1: Edison builds first movie studio, 1893; Voice of America starts broadcasting, 1942; Columbia shuttle disaster, 2003
Thursday, Feb. 2: First Groundhog Day, 1887; NY Grand Central Terminal opens, 1913; ABSCAM story breaks, 1980
Friday, Feb.3: Last of Shays’ Rebellion crushed, 1787; 15th and 16th Amendments ratified, 1870 and 1913; beginning of 24/7 “Looking Glass” airborne command post ops, 1961
Saturday, Feb. 4: Washington elected first POTUS, 1789; Mormon exodus begins, 1846; Yalta Conference, 1945; Chicago Loop Derailment disaster, 1977

Today’s Birthdays: Aviator Charles Lindbergh, 1902; astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, 1906; zombie-movie king George Romero, 1940; VP Dan Quayle, 1947; singer Clint Black, 1962

Holidays Around the World: It’s world Cancer Day. California and Missouri observe Rosa Parks Day, Angola commemorates their Day of the Armed Struggle and Sri Lanka celebrates their Independence Day.

This Week In History is compiled with assistance from History.com and Wikipedia. Something interesting not listed here? Please share in the Comments section–this is an Audience Participation Encouraged featurette.

Gratuitous Gun Giveaways

*American Handgunner magazine, for an EAA Witness Pavona .380 pistol package: http://americanhandgunner.com/giveaway/
*Guns Magazine, for a Navy Arms 1892 Coyote Killer lever-action rifle, Magnum Research BFR .30-30 revolver, EAA Witness Pavona .380 or Diamondback Firearms DB9 micro-9mm pistol: http://gunsmagazine.com/giveaway/
Davidson’s Gallery of Guns, for a Smith & Wesson M&P9 M2.0 9mm pistol or Thompson/Center Compass .30-06 bolt-action rifle: https://ggg.galleryofguns.com/
*Aero Precision, for a custom AR15: http://gvwy.io/fbkfd89
*Primary Arms, for $3000 of AR15 upgrade parts: https://wn.nr/njftDY

*Note: FMG Publishing giveaways require you to provide an FFL dealer’s info at entry. Aero Precision and Primary Arms giveaways give me one entry each per person who uses my referral link.

Image by TheWMatt, used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

HELP WANTED!

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