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Today in History

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Rebecca Henderson's Johnson City history column appears weekly. Send your memories of Johnson City, Tennessee, to: rhenderson@johnsoncitypress.com. For more Johnson City History, go to www.jcph.org. The weekly Newsquiz tests readers' knowledge of stories you saw in this column.

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today in historyAstronaut John Glenn and President John F. Kennedy inspect the Friendship 7, the Mercury capsule which Glenn rode in orbit. Kennedy presented the Distinguished Service medal to Glenn

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Today in Music History for Feb. 23: In 1685, George Frideric Handel, one of the greatest masters of baroque music, was born in Halle, Germany. He is best known for his majestic oratorio, ``The Messiah,'' which was first performed in Dublin in 1742.

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Today in History for Feb. 23: In A.D. 155, Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (present-day Izmir, Turkey) and an early Church Father who was a disciple of the Apostle John, was martyred.

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Today in History for Feb. 23: In A.D. 155, Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (present-day Izmir, Turkey) and an early Church Father who was a disciple of the Apostle John, was martyred.

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