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From: Asa Daniel <>
Subject: [FOLKLORE-L] Today in History
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 20:05:47 -0500


Today in History

- 1608: Samuel de Champlain founded the city of Quebec.
- 1775: Gen. George Washington was named commander of the Continental
Army.
- 1806: The first strawberry was grown by Michael Keens.
- 1819: The first U.S. savings bank opened in New York City.
- 1853: Commodore Matthew Perry reached Japan.
- 1861: The Pony Express arrived in San Francisco from New York.
- 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg ended in a victory for the North.
- 1886: In Germany, Karl Benz drove the first automobile.
- 1890: Idaho became the 43rd state.
- 1898: American troops captured deserted Wake Island; the U.S. Navy
defeated a Spanish fleet in Santiago, Cuba, in the Spanish-American
War.
- 1929: Dunlop Latex Development Laboratories made foam rubber.
- 1930: Congress formed the Veterans Administration.
- 1962: Algeria gained its independence from France.
- 1989: The Supreme Court ruled states had the right to restrict
abortions.

*Happy Birthday*
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- Gloria Allred, 56, feminist attorney
- Dave Barry, 51, humorist
- Betty Buckley, 51, actress, "Eight is Enough," "Cats"
- Tom Cruise, 36, actor, "Top Gun," "Jerry Maguire"
- Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, 47, ex-Haitian president-for-life
- Ken Russell, 71, director, "Whore"
- Thomas Gibson, 36, actor, "Chicago Hope's" Dr. Daniel Nyland
- Stephen Pearcy, 39, Heavy Metal singer/guitarist, RATT lead singer
- Tom Stoppard, 61, dramatist/playwright, "Empire Of The Sun"
- Yeardley Smith, 34, actress/voice "The Simpsons"
- Montel Williams, 42, TV talk show host/journalist

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