01-18-2005, 06:19 AM
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January 18th
1535 ~ Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro.
1779 ~ Birthday of Peter Roget, Lexicographer.
1882 ~ Birthday of A. A. Milne, Author.
1892 ~ Birthday of Oliver Hardy, Comedian & Actor.
1896 ~ The X-ray machine was exhibited for the first time.
1936 ~ Death of Rudyard Kipling, British writer.
1944 ~ Birthday of Paul Keating, twenty-fourth Prime Minister of Australia.
1964 ~ Plans were revealed for the World Trade Center in New York City.
1978 ~ The European Court of Human Rights found the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
1998 ~ Matt Drudge published the Bill Clinton - Monica Lewinsky affair story on his website The Drudge Report.
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