On this day in 1917, the United States purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark for a sum of $25 million.
On this day in 1945, Soviet forces capture Warsaw.
On this day in 1982, temperatures in the United States drop to the lowest point in over 100 years. This is remembered as Cold Sunday.
On this day in 1991, Operation Desert Storm began with Iraqi forces firing Scud missiles at Israel.
And, in Chuckery, Ohio in 1894, it was reported the the Methodists at Lewis Chapel are holding a Protracted Meeting.
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