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07-31-2011, 07:41 PM
jseal
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August 1st
10 B.C.
~
Birthday of
Claudius
, Roman Emperor.
1774
~
The element oxygen was discovered by
Joseph Priestley
.
1779
~
Birthday of Birthday of Francis Scott Key, Composer of “The Star-Spangled Banner”.
1834
~
Slavery was abolished in the British Empire.
1932
~
Birthday of Meir Kahane, founder of the
Jewish Defense League
.
1936
~
The Summer
Olympic Games opened in Berlin
.
1944
~
Anne Frank made
the last entry in her diary
.
1957
~
The United States and Canada formed the
North American Air Defense Command
(NORAD).
1977
~
Death of Gary Powers,
Spy Plane Pilot
.
2005
~
Death of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.
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