08-26-2004, 05:35 AM
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Location: Maryland
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August 26th
55 BC ~ Julius Caesar invaded Britain.
1071 ~ Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeated the Byzantine Empire at Manzikert.
1429 ~ Joan of Arc entered Paris.
1498 ~ Michelangelo commissioned to carve the Pieta.
1676 ~ Birthday of Robert Walpole, British PM
1740 ~ Birthday of Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, inventor, worked on first hot air balloon.
1743 ~ Birthday of Antoine Lavoisier, Chemist.
1883 ~ Eruption of Mount Krakatoa.
1920 ~ The 19th amendment to U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote.
1975 ~ Death of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia.
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