08-01-2004, 05:47 AM
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Location: Maryland
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August 1st
1492 ~ Ferdinand and Isabella drove the Jews out of Spain.
1619 ~ First Black slaves landed in Jamestown, Virginia.
1744 ~ Birthday of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Scientist.
1779 ~ Birthday of Francis Scott Key, Composer of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
1790 ~ The first census of the United States was completed. The total population of the thirteen states was 3,929,214.
1819 ~ Birthday of Herman Melville, writer
1932 ~ Birthday of Meir Kahane, founder of the Jewish Defense League
1944 ~ Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation began in Warsaw, Poland.
1990 ~ Iraq invades Kuwait.
1992 ~ Death of Mikhail Tal, world chess champion.
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