06-26-2004, 10:11 PM
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June 27th
1149 ~ Death of Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch, in the battle of Inab.
1759 ~ General James Wolfe started a siege of Quebec.
1838 ~ Birthday of Paul von Mauser, weapon designer. “…When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin”, I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major-General ,The Pirates of Penzance, 1880, Gilbert & Sullivan
1880 ~ Birthday of Helen Keller, Spokeswoman for the deaf and blind.
1905 ~ Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin.
1930 ~ Birthday of Ross Perot, Billionaire and Politician.
1950 ~ US President Truman sent troops to fight in the Korean War.
1967 ~ World's first ATM installed in Enfield, London.
1977 ~ France granted independence to Djibouti.
2001 ~ Death of Jack Lemmon, Actor.
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