Today In Time

by observer Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:16 am

1936 - Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche's "Volkswagen"

1942 - Government starts evacuating 21,000 Japanese Canadians from coastal regions of British Columbia to interior work camps; under War Measures Act.

1952 - PM Winston Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb

1970 - Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album

1974 - Gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris

1980 - Egypt and Israel establish diplomatic relations, end 30 years of war.

1983 - Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 37 weeks

1986 Geneva Switzerland - Goaltending great Jacques Plante 1929-1986 dies at his home near Geneva at age 57; born Jan 17, 1929 at Mount Carmel Quebec;

1993 - 2nd tallest building in world, NYC World Trade Center bombed, 7 die

Today's Birthdays

1953 - Michael Bolton
1932 - Johnny Cash
1928 - Antoine "Fats" Domino, American singer.
1920 - Tony Randall
1916 - Jackie Gleason, actor, The Honeymooners, Smokey & the Bandit.
1802 - Victor Hugo
1564 - Christopher Marlowe