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To: Deep_6
539 -BC- Babylon falls to Cyrus the Great of Persia 1682 William Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania 1727 Severe earthquake in New England 1787 The opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague) 1811 1st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans

1833 1st US college fraternity to have a fraternity house founded 1863 Intl Comm of the Red Cross founded (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963) 1867 Mail packets "Rhone" & "Wye" capsizes off St Thomas Virgin Islands 1889 NY Giants (NL) beat Brooklyn (AA) in world series 6 games to 3 1889 Stanley Park dedicated in Vancouver, BC 1894 1st election of the Hawaiian Republic 1904 1st intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas) Z

1910 Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game 1920 Edward Barrow named Yankee general manager 1923 "Runnin' Wild" (introducing the Charleston) opens on Broadway 1923 Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day) 1924 "Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater 1929 "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression" 1930 1st football game in eastern Canada played under floodlights 1932 French liner Normandie is launched 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure) 1940 Sec of War Henry L Stimson drew 1st number-158-in 1st peacetime military draft in US history 1942 16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia 1942 Alaska highway completed

1942 Branch Rickey named president/GM of Brooklyn Dodgers 1945 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it was patented 1950 Wally Triplett avgs 735 yards on 3 kickoff returns 1956 Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up 1956 IDF crosses Egyptian territory in the Sinai 1956 International zone of Tangier returned to Morocco 1956 Israeli paratroopers drop into the Sinai to open Straits of Tiran

1957 A hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament) 1959 10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced 1960 Chartered C46 carrying Cal State's football team crashes, kills 16 1960 Muhammad Ali's (Cassius Clay's) 1st professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6 1963 "Meet the Beatles" booklet is published 1964 Star of India & other jewels are stolen in NY 1964 Town of Karmiel founded in the Galilee 1966 National Organization of Women founded 1972 Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal

1975 Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffer kills first 1979 Billy Martin fired as Yankee manager (2nd time) 1982 Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted 1982 Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "The Girl is Mine" 1984 Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) & Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win NY Marathon 1987 Thomas Hearns wins unprecidented 4th different weight boxing title 1988 2,000 US anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics 1988 China announces a herbal male contraceptive 1988 Jim Elliott (US) begins 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi 1988 Soviets 1st scheduled shuttle launch (postponed) 1989 NYC MTA opens the 63rd street extension to the subway 1990 30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria

I aint gonna format all that!!!

107 posted on 10/27/2001 9:05:12 PM PDT by RaceBannon
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To: RaceBannon
whaaaaaa..... my eyes.... MY EYES....

What is it I'm looking for again?

The Statue of Liberty dedication date was on October 28th 1886

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

115 posted on 10/27/2001 9:09:39 PM PDT by Deep_6
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To: RaceBannon
1982 Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking,

THAT'S IT!!!

It's all about white powder...

124 posted on 10/27/2001 9:17:18 PM PDT by null and void
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