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This day in history (March 3)

473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
1284 – The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.

This day in history (Feb. 24)

1803 – In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
1809 – London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute.

This day in history (Feb. 17)

1801 – An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr, Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition: The Battle of Mormant.

What you might have missed this week

TUESDAY, Feb. 12

* Construction on new county building could start in April, May

* County to consider approval of last cannabis application

* BUHS girls, boys varsity basketball teams advance into first round playoffs

THURSDAY, Feb. 14

This week (Feb. 12 - Feb. 17)

Tuesday, Feb. 12

County supervisors
The Inyo County Board of Supervisors meets in regular session at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held in the Board Chambers at the County Administrative Center in Independence, 224 N. Edwards St.

This day in history (Feb. 10)

Events
1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn sparking the revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence

What you might have missed

TUESDAY (Feb. 5)

* Death Valley back open

* BUHS celebrates business accomplishment

* January brings snowpack to 100 percent of normal

THURSDAY (Feb. 7)

* County to support trails program extension

* Rogers Peak public comment period extended

This day in history (Dec. 13)

Events
902 – Battle of the Holme: Anglo-Saxon forces are defeated by Danish Vikings under Æthelwold (a son of Æthelred of Wessex) who is killed in battle.
1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.

This day in history (Dec. 6)

963 – Pope Leo VIII is appointed to the office of Protonotary and begins his papacy as antipope of Rome.
1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.

This day in history (Dec. 30)

1460 - At the Battle of Wakefield, in England's Wars of the Roses, the Duke of York was defeated and killed by the Lancastrians.

1853 - The United States bought about 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase.