February 28 - Revision history

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 * 1953, scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick announced they had discovered the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule that contains the human genes
-* 1972, President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued the Shanghai Communique at the conclusion of Nixon's historic visit to [[Directory:China]]|China]]
+* 1972, President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued the Shanghai Communique at the conclusion of Nixon's historic visit to [[Directory:China|China]]
 * 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot to death in central

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		+	* 1827, the first U.S. railroad chartered to carry passengers and freight, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., was incorporated by the state of [[Directory:Maryland\|Maryland]]
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		+	* 1849, the ship California arrived at San Francisco, carrying the first of the gold-seekers
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		+	* 1861, the Territory of [[Directory:Colorado\|Colorado]] was organized
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		+	* 1916, Allied forces complete their conquest of the Cameroons, a German protectorate on the coast of western [[Africa]]
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		+	* 1932, the last Ford Model A was produced, ending an era for the Ford Motor Company. The successor to the Model T, the Model A was an attempt to escape the image of bare bones transportation that had driven both the Model T's success and its ultimate failure in the market. The vastly improved Model A boasted elegant Lincoln-like styling, a peppy 40 horsepower four-cylinder engine, and, of course, a self-starting mechanism. The Model A was as affordable as its predecessor, however, and with a base price at $460, five million Model A's would roll onto American highways between 1927 and 1932
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		+	* 1951, the Senate committee headed by Estes Kefauver, D-Tenn., issued a preliminary report saying at least two major crime syndicates were operating in the U.S.
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		+	* 1953, scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick announced they had discovered the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule that contains the human genes
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		+	* 1972, President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued the Shanghai Communique at the conclusion of Nixon's historic visit to [[Directory:China]]\|China]]
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		+	* 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot to death in central
		+	Stockholm
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		+	* 1987, in a surprising announcement, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev indicates that his nation is ready to sign "without delay" a treaty designed to eliminate U.S. and Soviet medium-range nuclear missiles from Europe. Gorbachev's offer led to a breakthrough in negotiations and, eventually, to the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in December 1987
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		+	* 1993, a gun battle erupted at a compound near Waco, [[Directory:Texas\|Texas]], when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to serve warrants on the Branch Davidians; four agents and six Davidians were killed as a 51-day standoff began
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		+	* 1997, brushing aside congressional calls for a tougher stance against [[Directory:Mexico\|Mexico]], President Clinton recertified the country as a fully cooperating ally in the struggle against drug smuggling
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		+	* 2006, a 20-year-old legal fight over protests outside abortion clinics ended with the Supreme Court ruling that federal extortion and racketeering laws cannot be used against demonstrators
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		+	* 2007, A federal judge in Miami ruled that suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla was competent to stand trial on terrorism support charges, rejecting arguments that he was severely damaged by 3 1/2 years of interrogation and isolation in a military brig.
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