Today in History - February 12

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2009 – Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house near Buffalo, New York killing 50 people.

Deadly Flight 3407 Crash - 12 Feb, 2009 (Birds Eye)
Deadly Flight 3407 Crash - 12 Feb, 2009

2002 – US Secretary of Energy makes the decision that Yucca Mountain is a suitable site for a deep geological repository for the United States.

Entrance to Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project (Google Maps)
Entrance to Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project

1914 – In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.

Lincoln Memorial (StreetView)
Lincoln Memorial

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