06-09-2004, 06:02 PM
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Location: Maryland
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June 10th
1688 ~ Birthday of James Francis Edward Stuart, "The Old Pretender".
1692 ~ Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop was hanged as a witch.
1829 ~ First boat race between Oxford and Cambridge.
1835 ~ Birthday of Rebecca Felton, first woman US Senator.
1898 ~ Spanish-American War: American Marines landed in Cuba.
1901 ~ Birthday of Frederick Loewe, Composer.
1915 ~ Birthday of Saul Bellow, author, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1921 ~ Birthday of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
1935 ~ Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in New York City.
1990 ~ Nelson Mandela is released from prison.
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