09-21-2005, 05:06 AM
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September 21st
1756 ~ Birthday of John MacAdam, road builder.
1780 ~ Benedict Arnold gave the British the plans to West Point.
1866 ~ Birthday of H. G. Wells, science fiction author.
1874 ~ Birthday of Gustav Holst, Composer.
1896 ~ British force under Horatio Kitchener took Dongola in the Sudan.
1897 ~ The Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus letter is published in the New York Sun.
1937 ~ J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit.
1947 ~ Birthday of Stephen King, Author.
1964 ~ Malta became independent from the U.K.
2003 ~ Galileo mission was terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere
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