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Subject: [Q-R] Today in History Dec 1
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 08:56:21 EST


Dec 1, 1135 Henry l King of England dies at age 67
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Dec 1, 1671 Happy Birthday Francisco Stradivari-violin maker
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Dec 1, 1844 Happy Birthday Queen Alexandra Queen of Great Britain
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Dec 1, 1580 Jesuit Edmond Campion of England hanged at age 42
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Dec 1, 1825 Aleksandr Romanov Czar of Russia dies at age 47
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Dec 1, 1842 US Naval Officer Philip Spencer hanged for mutiny
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Dec 1, 1783 Charles Roberts ascends 2,000 feet in a hydrogen balloon
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Dec 1, 1804 Emperor Napoleon marries Josephine of Martinique
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Dec 1, 1835 Hans Christian Anderson published his first book of fairy tales
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Dec 1, In Iceland its Independence Day
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Dec 1,1775 Quebec numbers 5,000 inhabitants
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Dec 1,1757 Famine in New France-people turn to eating horses
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Dec 1, 1680 Halley's Comet appears for 3 months

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