06-10-2005, 05:23 AM
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Location: Maryland
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June 10th
323 BC ~ Death of Alexander the Great.
1829 ~ First Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge.
1836 ~ Death of André-Marie Ampère, French physicist.
1846 ~ The California Republic declared independence from Mexico.
1915 ~ Birthday of Saul Bellow, Canadian-born American author, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1921 ~ Birthday of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
1977 ~ Apple Computer began shipping the Apple II personal computer.
1991 ~ New York City hosted “The Mother of All Parades", welcoming back troops from Operation Desert Storm.
1997 ~ Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot ordered the killing of his defense chief Son Sen. Paranoia seems to be a common ailment among losing dictators.
2004 ~ Death of Ray Charles, Singer & Musician.
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