08-10-2005, 06:26 AM
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August 10th
1519 ~ Ferdinand Magellan's 5 ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe.
1675 ~ Foundation stone set of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1792 ~ French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace. Louis XVI was arrested and taken into custody.
1809 ~ Ecuador declared independence from Spain.
1846 ~ The Smithsonian Institution was chartered following a $500,000 donation by scientist Joseph Smithson.
1896 ~ Death of Otto Lilienthal, Aviation Pioneer.
1945 ~ Death of Robert Goddard, Rocket Scientist.
1985 ~ Michael Jackson purchased ATV Music (all the Beatle songs) for $47 million.
1990 ~ The Magellan space probe arrived at Venus.
2003 ~ The highest temperature ever recorded in England , 38.5°C, recorded in Kent.
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