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| 1349 | 2,000 Jews were burned at the stake in Strasbourg, Germany by the Christians.
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| 1803 | Chief Justice John Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court rules that any act of Congress which conflicts with the Constitution is null and void. His decision in the case of Marbury v. Madison establishes the Court as the ultimate interpreter of the Constitution. (Quoted from The People's Chronology,from Henry Holt and Company, Inc. Copyright © 1995, 1996 by James Trager. All rights reserved.)
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| 1859 | Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
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| 1903 | Department of Labor and Commerce created.
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| 1912 | Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
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| 1929 | St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven gangsters rivalling Al Capone are murdered in Chicago, Illinois.
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| 1989 | Iran's Khomeini announces a death decree on Salman Rushdie, author of Satanic Verses.
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| 1990 | The Federal Debt passed through the $3,000,000,000,000 mark on or about this date. Under Bush's (R) regime the debt increased almost $4,000,000,000,000 (4 trillion dollars) or double the increase from the beginning of the U.S.A. to 1986!
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