Today In History For February 24th
Today is Thursday, Feb. 24, the 55th day of 2011. There are 310 days left in the year.
In 1868, the House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Johnson was later acquitted by the Senate.
In 1863, Arizona was organized as a territory.
In 1942, the Voice of America went on the air for the first time.
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