http://www.findingdulcinea.com/home.rss findingDulcinea: On This Day en-us Copyright 2010, Dulcinea Media, Inc. Tuesday, 09 February 2010 17:55:00 EST http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--House-Elects-John-Quincy-Adams-President.html ]]> On Feb. 9, 1825, the House of Representatives voted John Quincy Adams president of the United States. He had lost both the popular vote and the electoral college vote to Andrew Jackson.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--House-Elects-John-Quincy-Adams-President.html February 09, 2010 06:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--Mary-Queen-of-Scots-Was-Executed.html ]]> On Feb. 8, 1587, Mary I of Scotland was beheaded for her alleged role in a conspiracy against her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--Mary-Queen-of-Scots-Was-Executed.html February 08, 2010 06:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--The--British-Invasion--Begins.html ]]> On Feb. 7, 1964, the Beatles were greeted by thousands of screaming fans as they landed at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to begin their first American tour, highlighted by three performances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--The--British-Invasion--Begins.html February 07, 2010 06:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--The--Mayflower-of-Liberia--Sets-Sail-for-Africa.html ]]> On Feb. 6, 1820, a ship of freed black slaves set sail from New York for the coast of West Africa, where they would found the nation of Liberia.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--The--Mayflower-of-Liberia--Sets-Sail-for-Africa.html February 06, 2010 06:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-This-Day--FDR-Suggests--Court-Packing--Plan.html ]]> On Feb. 5, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented Congress with legislation intended to manufacture Supreme Court approval for his New Deal.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-This-Day--FDR-Suggests--Court-Packing--Plan.html February 05, 2010 06:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day-Militants-Kidnapped-Newspaper-Heiress-Patty-Hearst-.html ]]> On Feb. 4, 1974, members of the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped Patty Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst. After being brainwashed, Hearst joined the SLA and participated in a bank robbery for which he she was later convicted.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day-Militants-Kidnapped-Newspaper-Heiress-Patty-Hearst-.html February 04, 2010 06:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day--Buddy-Holly-Killed-in-Plane-Crash.html ]]> On Feb. 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash. The day would be immortalized as “The Day the Music Died” in the Don McLean song “American Pie.”]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day--Buddy-Holly-Killed-in-Plane-Crash.html February 03, 2010 06:01 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day--First-Groundhog-Day-Celebrated-121-Years-Ago.html ]]> On Feb. 2, 1887, Punxsutawney, Pa., celebrated the first official Groundhog Day, a holiday with roots in ancient traditions.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day--First-Groundhog-Day-Celebrated-121-Years-Ago.html February 02, 2010 06:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day--Ayatollah-Khomeini-Returns-From-Exile.html ]]> On Feb. 1, 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini arrived in Iran to a welcoming crowd, ending 15 years in exile.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day--Ayatollah-Khomeini-Returns-From-Exile.html February 01, 2010 06:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day---These-Are-My-Children--Makes-Soap-Opera-History.html ]]> On Jan. 31, 1949, an NBC station in Chicago aired the first episode of Irna Phillips’ “These Are My Children,” the first daytime soap opera on a major television network.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day---These-Are-My-Children--Makes-Soap-Opera-History.html January 31, 2010 06:00 AM