07-02-2004, 08:52 PM
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Location: Maryland
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July 3rd
323 ~ Battle of Adrianople: Constantine the Great defeated Licinius, who fled to Byzantium.
1608 ~ Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain.
1844 ~ The last pair of Great Auks was killed.
1854 ~ Birthday of Leos Janacek, Composer.
1883 ~ Birthday of Franz Kafka, Author.
1890 ~ Idaho was admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
1935 ~ Death of André Citroën, automobile pioneer.
1938 ~ World record for a steam railway locomotive was set in England, by the "Mallard", which reached a speed of 126 mph.
1964 ~ President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited racial segregation in public places.
1998 ~ Death of Danielle Bunten Berry, a.k.a. Dan Bunten, software developer.
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