06-29-2005, 07:16 AM
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June 29th
1861 ~ Death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poet. “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…”
1868 ~ Birthday of George Ellery Hale, Astronomer.
1880 ~ France annexed Tahiti .
1895 ~ Death of Thomas Henry Huxley, Scientist. "Darwin's Bulldog"
1914 ~ Birthday of Rafael Kubelik, Czech Conductor.
1922 ~ France granted 1 km˛ at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
1925 ~ Canada House opened in London.
1963 ~ Birthday of Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violinist.
1995 ~ Death of Lana Turner, Actress.
2003 ~ Death of Katharine Hepburn, Actress.
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