03-26-2005, 07:57 AM
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March 26th
1707 ~ The Act of Union became law, making England and Scotland one country.
1827 ~ Death of Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer.
1874 ~ Birthday of Robert Frost, Poet.
1892 ~ Death of Walt Whitman, Poet.
1904 ~ Birthday of Joseph Campbell, Author & Mythologist.
1911 ~ Birthday of Tennessee Williams, Dramatist.
1917 ~ World War I: First Battle of Gaza - British troops were halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
1953 ~ Jonas Salk announced his polio vaccine.
1979 ~ Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter signed the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty in Washington, DC
1999 ~ The Melissa worm infects e-mail systems around the world.
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