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Old 09-21-2007, 08:17 AM   #1 (permalink)
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  • 19 BCE - Virgil, Roman poet died (b. 70 BC)
  • 1745 – The Jacobite Risings: Jacobite troops led by Charles Edward Stuart defeated the Hanoverians at the Battle of Prestonpans in Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland.
  • 1765 - Antoine de Beauterne announces he had killed the Beast of Gevaudan, but was later proved wrong by more attacks.
  • 1780 - American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
  • 1792 – French Revolution: The National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy, and proclaimed the First Republic.
  • 1827 - According to Joseph Smith, Jr., the angel Moroni gave him a record of gold plates, one-third of which Joseph translated into The Book of Mormon.
  • 1860 - Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (b. 1788)
  • 1866 - H._G._Wells, English writer born (d. 1946)
  • 1874 - Gustav_Holst, English composer born (d. 1934)
  • 1897 - The "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" letter is published in the New York Sun.
  • 1898 – The Hundred Days' Reform in China was abruptly terminated when Empress Dowager Cixi (pictured) forced the reform-minded Guangxu Emperor into seclusion and took over the government as regent.
  • 1937 - J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
  • 1938 – The Great New England Hurricane made landfall on Long Island, New York, USA, killing at least 500 people and injuring about 700 others.
  • 1942 – The prototype model of the B-29 Superfortress, a four-engine heavy bomber that became one of the largest aircraft to see service during World War II, flew for the first time.
  • 1945 - Jerry_Bruckheimer, American film and television producer born.
  • 1947 - Stephen King, American author born.
  • 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female supreme court justice.

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Old 09-21-2007, 09:06 AM   #2 (permalink)
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# 1765 - Antoine de Beauterne announces he had killed the Beast of Gevaudan, but was later proved wrong by more attacks.

Damn. I'd never heard of this thing. F*cking creepy.
Thanks for the link, Fixr.
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Old 09-21-2007, 09:53 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Geez, I didn't know that Mr. Bruckheimer is already 62!!! He just looks like 48 or so!!! (IMHO.)

Thank you for the list, FixR!

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Old 09-21-2007, 10:09 AM   #4 (permalink)
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1897 - The "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" letter is published in the New York Sun.


Even back in those days they were rushing the holiday
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Old 09-21-2007, 12:23 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Holst is that who wrote The Planets Holsts? I have the CD's ..I will have to look it up
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Old 09-21-2007, 12:25 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Holst is that who wrote The Planets Holsts? I have the CD's ..I will have to look it up
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