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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 253666, member: 2844"]According to Wikipedia, Feb 12 1924 was a tuesday, and a very interesting day:</p><p><font size="5"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_12" rel="nofollow">February 12</a>, 1924 (Tuesday)</b></font></p><ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Carter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Carter" rel="nofollow">Howard Carter</a> and his archaeological team had the lid of Pharaoh <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun" rel="nofollow">Tutankhamun</a>'s stone sarcophagus raised, revealing his solid gold mummy case.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1924#cite_note-18" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1924#cite_note-18" rel="nofollow">[18]</a></li> <li>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin" rel="nofollow">George Gershwin</a> musical composition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_Blue" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_Blue" rel="nofollow">Rhapsody in Blue</a></i> premiered at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolian_Hall_%28Manhattan%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolian_Hall_%28Manhattan%29" rel="nofollow">Aeolian Hall</a> in New York City.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1924#cite_note-19" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1924#cite_note-19" rel="nofollow">[19]</a></li> <li>The play <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beggar_on_Horseback" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beggar_on_Horseback" rel="nofollow">Beggar on Horseback</a></i> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Kaufman" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Kaufman" rel="nofollow">George S. Kaufman</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Connelly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Connelly" rel="nofollow">Marc Connelly</a> opened on Brodway.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Felsch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Felsch" rel="nofollow">Oscar "Happy" Felsch</a> took the witness stand in the Joe Jackson-White Sox trial as a rebuttal witness for the plaintiff. Felsch was brought in to challenge the testimony of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Grabiner" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Grabiner" rel="nofollow">Harry Grabiner</a>, who'd claimed he could not have signed Jackson to the 1920 contract in question because it was signed with a fountain pen, and he did not own one. The defense lawyers produced a number of letters passed between Felsch and owner <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Comiskey" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Comiskey" rel="nofollow">Charles Comiskey</a> as well as his 1920 contract, but Felsch denied that any of the signatures were his.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1924#cite_note-20" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1924#cite_note-20" rel="nofollow">[20]</a></li> <li><b>Died:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Joy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Joy" rel="nofollow">Ernest Joy</a>, 46, American actor</li> </ul><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1924#February_12.2C_1924_.28Tuesday.29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1924#February_12.2C_1924_.28Tuesday.29" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1924#February_12.2C_1924_.28Tuesday.29</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 253666, member: 2844"]According to Wikipedia, Feb 12 1924 was a tuesday, and a very interesting day: [SIZE=5][B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_12']February 12[/URL], 1924 (Tuesday)[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Carter']Howard Carter[/URL] and his archaeological team had the lid of Pharaoh [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun']Tutankhamun[/URL]'s stone sarcophagus raised, revealing his solid gold mummy case.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1924#cite_note-18'][18][/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin']George Gershwin[/URL] musical composition [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_Blue']Rhapsody in Blue[/URL][/I] premiered at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolian_Hall_%28Manhattan%29']Aeolian Hall[/URL] in New York City.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1924#cite_note-19'][19][/URL] [*]The play [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beggar_on_Horseback']Beggar on Horseback[/URL][/I] by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Kaufman']George S. Kaufman[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Connelly']Marc Connelly[/URL] opened on Brodway. [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Felsch']Oscar "Happy" Felsch[/URL] took the witness stand in the Joe Jackson-White Sox trial as a rebuttal witness for the plaintiff. Felsch was brought in to challenge the testimony of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Grabiner']Harry Grabiner[/URL], who'd claimed he could not have signed Jackson to the 1920 contract in question because it was signed with a fountain pen, and he did not own one. The defense lawyers produced a number of letters passed between Felsch and owner [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Comiskey']Charles Comiskey[/URL] as well as his 1920 contract, but Felsch denied that any of the signatures were his.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1924#cite_note-20'][20][/URL] [*][B]Died:[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Joy']Ernest Joy[/URL], 46, American actor [/LIST] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1924#February_12.2C_1924_.28Tuesday.29[/URL][/QUOTE]
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