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29 January 2012by Stefano de LuigiOn This Day: 2002 – In his State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of Evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
In the picture: A shop owner modifies a mannequin in a shop along trendy Mofateh Avenue, Tehran, Iran. Mannequins are modified to safeguard Muslim morals.
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28 January 2012by Maciek NabrdalikOn This Day: 1887 – In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.
In the picture: Members of Brenna Winter Bathing Club during their regular Sunday meeting.
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27 January 2012by Tomas van HoutryveOn This Day: 1967 – The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
In the picture: The movement of stars in the night sky caused by the earth's rotation is revealed during a 20 minute time exposure in Joshua Tree National Park in California, United States.
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26 January 2012by Antonin KratochvilOn This Day: 1905 – The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.62135 kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
In the picture: Young men gather at a residence for amputees in Koidu, eastern Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone rebels, financed in part by diamond smuggling, dismembered thousands during a decade of war.
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25 January 2012by Christopher MorrisOn This Day: 1858 – The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia.
In the picture: Crowds gather to celebrate the royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, London.
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24 January 2012by Ed KashiOn This Day: 1984 – The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
In the picture: Steve Jobs
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23 January 2012by Lynsey AddarioOn This Day: 1912 – The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
In the picture: Hundreds of heroin addicts gather in the former Russian Cultural Center, where they buy and use drugs in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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22 January 2012by Christopher MorrisOn This Day: 1506 – The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
In the picture: Swiss Guards stand on duty inside the Vatican.
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21 January 2012by Lynsey AddarioOn This Day: 1997 – Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
In the picture: Republican Presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich, presents his 21st Century Contract with America during a conference in Des Moines, Iowa.
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20 January 2012by Donald WeberOn This Day: 1986 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
In the picture: A man holds a poster of president-elect Barack Obama the day before the inauguration in Washington, D.C.
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19 January 2012by Antonin KratochvilOn This Day: 1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
In the picture: A resident examines the remains of an electrical device inside the police prison in Basra, a large port city in southern Iraq.
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18 January 2012by Stefano de LuigiOn This Day: 1535 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Lima, the capital of Peru.
In the picture: Jesus Maximo, 89, sits during an examination for suspected glaucoma at the El Nino Ophthalmology Hospital in Lima, Peru.
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17 January 2012by Maciek NabrdalikOn This Day: 1945 – The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in.
In the picture: The landscape of the Auschwitz II-Birkeanu site is seen through barbed-wires in Oswiecim, Poland.
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16 January 2012by Giovanni CoccoOn This Day: 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
In the picture: Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement, tens of thousands of people turned out to demonstrate in Rome, Italy.
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15 January 2012by Ron HavivOn This Day: 1870 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
In the picture: Delegates at the Democratic convention.
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14 January 2012by Tomas van HoutryveOn This Day: 1539 – Spain annexes Cuba.
In the picture: Portraits of Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx hang in the propaganda unit of the Communist Party of Cuba in Cienfuegos, Cuba.
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13 January 2012by Giovanni CoccoOn This Day: 1822 – The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
In the picture: Evidence of migrants is seen along the Evros River, in Lagyna, Greece. At night migrants try to cross the river in small boats. The Evros River, along the Greece-Turkey border, is the main entry point for 75 percent of illegal immigrants coming into the European Union.
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12 January 2012by Ron HavivOn This Day: 2010 – The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurs killing an estimated 316,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.
In the picture: A girl receives treatment at a temporary hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres, MSF, across the street from where the hospital collapsed in Port au Prince, Haiti.
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11 January 2012by Tomas van HoutryveOn This Day: 630 – Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca.
In the picture: Muslims turn toward Mecca and pray on Stero beach on the South coast of the island of Socotra, Yemen
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10 January 2012by Ron HavivOn This Day: 1861 – American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
In the picture: President George W. Bush campaigns in Florida for the 2004 election.
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09 January 2012by Lynsey AddarioOn This Day: 1760 – Afghans defeat Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
In the picture: Capt. Dan Kearney bows his head in frustration as he is denied a bombing request to attack men walking with weapons nearby while he oversees his troops and controls close air support fire from above during a mission in Korengal Valley, Kunar province, Afghanistan.
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08 January 2012by Ashley GilbertsonOn This Day: 1867 – African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
In the picture: President Barack Obama greets people on the rope line after delivering a speech to roughly 26,000 people.
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07 January 2012by Ashley GilbertsonOn This Day: 1980 – President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
In the picture: A graffiti covered wall reads "Where's my bailout?" in TriBeCa, Manhattan, N.Y. American taxpayers were largely outraged by the $700 billion government bail-out for failing banks.
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06 January 2012by Franco PagettiOn This Day: 1921 – Formation of the Iraqi Army.
In the picture: A journalist records an Iraqi soldier where a group of Shiites are protesting, chanting anti-American and pro-Sadr slogans during a demonstration in Sadr City, the Shiite slums of Baghdad Iraq.
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05 January 2012by Tomas van HoutryveOn This Day: 1972 – U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program.
In the picture: A model space shuttle with North Korean markings decorates the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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04 January 2012by Ashley GilbertsonOn This Day: 1865 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
In the picture: A demonstrator with the Occupy Wall Street movement holds a sign reading "The Revolution Will Be Live" as he and 20,000 others protest in Times Square in New York, N.Y.
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03 January 2012by Ed KashiOn This Day: 1977 – Apple Computer is incorporated.
In the picture: Steve Jobs poses for the camera at home in Palo Alto, California.
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02 January 2012by Giovanni CoccoOn This Day: 533 – Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.
In the picture: Crowds gather during the beatification of John Paul II, Rome, Italy.
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01 January 2012by Erin TriebOn This Day: Happy New Year from VII Photo
In the picture: Times Square, NY.
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31 December 2011by Antonin KratochvilOn This Day: 1759 – Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
In the picture: Patrons enjoy beer while musicians perform by train tracks at a train station in Prague, Czech Republic.
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30 December 2011by Tomas van HoutryveOn This Day: 1906 – The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan.
In the picture: A Pashtun boy covers his face near the village of Barhampati in the Swat Valley, Pakistan.
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29 December 2011by Venetia DeardenOn This Day: 1937 – The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
In the picture: A nun feeds chickens at Kylemore Abbey, Connemara, Ireland.
