01-16-2005, 08:17 AM
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January 15th
1362 ~ A huge storm tide in the North Sea destroyed the German island of Strand and the city of Rungholt.
1492 ~ The first grammar of a modern language, in Spanish, was presented to Queen Isabella.
1581 ~ English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
1605 ~ The first edition of “Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes was published in Madrid.
1777 ~ Vermont declared its independence from New York.
1794 ~ Death of Edward Gibbon, Historian
1809 ~ Peninsular War: The British defeated the French at the Battle of La Coruña.
1957 ~ Death of Arturo Toscanini, Conductor.
1979 ~ The Shah of Iran fled Iran with his family and relocated to Egypt.
2003 ~ Space Shuttle Columbia took off for mission STS-107 which was its final one.
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