08-23-2005, 05:03 AM
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Location: Maryland
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August 23rd
1305 ~ Execution of William Wallace.
1540 ~ French explorer Jacques Cartier landed near Quebec in his third voyage to Canada.
1754 ~ Birthday of King Louis XVI of France.
1829 ~ Birthday of Moritz Cantor, Mathematician.
1912 ~ Birthday of Gene Kelly, Dancer & Actor.
1940 ~ The Luftwaffe began bombing London.
1951 ~ Birthday of Queen Noor of Jordan.
1962 ~ First live television connection between the United States and Europe, via the Telstar satellite.
1990 ~ Saddam Hussein appeared on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests”.
1990 ~ West Germany and East Germany announced that they would unite.
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