07-18-2004, 04:21 PM
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July 18th
64 ~ Great fire of Rome: A fire began to burn in the merchant area of Rome and burned out of control while Emperor Nero reportedly played his lyre and sung while watching the blaze from a safe distance.
1635 ~ Birthday of Robert Hooke, Scientist.
1853 ~ Birthday of Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch Physicist and Nobel laureate.
1898 ~ Marie and Pierre Curie announced the discovery of a new element and proposed to call it polonium.
1918 ~ Birthday of Nelson Mandela, South African Revolutionary & President.
1921 ~ Birthday of John Glenn, Astronaut and Politician.
1922 ~ Birthday of Thomas Kuhn, Philosopher of Science.
1925 ~ Adolf Hitler published his personal manifesto “Mein Kampf”.
1976 ~ Gymnast Nadia Comaneci, aged 14, scored first ever perfect 10 at Olympics.
1994 ~ In Buenos Aires, an explosion destroyed a building housing several Jewish organizations killing 96 and injuring many more.
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