On this day: February 7
POSTED: 04:01 PM PST Feb 06, 2013
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 06, 2013
The Mississippi River is rocked by earthquakes, Baltimore burns, Chaplin debuts "The Tramp," The Beatles arrive in America, and space shuttle astronauts make the first untethered spacewalk, all on this day.
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2012: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms a U.S. District Court judge's ruling that California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The panel also continued a stay on the earlier ruling, barring any marriages from taking place pending further appeals. The case is now before the U.S. Supreme Court, which is expected to make a ruling in the summer of 2013.
