07-30-2004, 06:02 AM
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July 28th
1818 ~ Birthday of Emily Brontė, English novelist
1863 ~ Birthday of Henry Ford, American industrialist
1898 ~ Death of Otto von Bismarck, German chancellor.
1930 ~ In Montevideo, Uruguay won the first Football World Cup.
1945 ~ World War II: A Japanese submarine sank the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen in the worst single loss in the history of the United States Navy.
1947 ~ Birthday of Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor, 38th Governor of California
1966 ~ At Wembley Stadium, host England won the first televised Football World Cup, beating Germany 4 to 2.
1971 ~ Apollo 15 landed on the Moon.
1975 ~ Death of James Blish, science fiction author.
2003 ~ In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the assembly line.
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