07-18-2010, 07:45 PM
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Location: Maryland
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July 19th
1692 ~ Five women were hanged following the Salem Witch Trials for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
1834 ~ Birthday of Edgar Degas, Impressionist Painter.
1848 ~ America’s first women's rights convention convened in Seneca Falls, N.Y. and "Bloomers" were introduced.
1870 ~ The Franco-Prussian war began.
1898 ~ Birthday of Herbert Marcuse, Communist Philosopher.
1941 ~ Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign in Europe.
1947 ~ Death of Aung San, Burmese nationalist. Aung San's daughter, Aung San Suu Kyi, is now the leader of the Burmese opposition to the current military regime.
1996 ~ Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic was forced out of office.
2003 ~ Death of Bill Bright, evangelist, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ.
2008 ~ Death of Anastasia Blue, Porn actress.
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