12-28-2005, 06:36 AM
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December 28th
1065 ~ Westminster Abbey consecrated.
1836 ~ Spain recognized Mexico’s independence.
1869 ~ William F. Semple patented chewing gum.
1895 ~ The Lumiere Brothers gave birth to Cinema at the Grand Cafe in Paris.
1937 ~ Death of Maurice Ravel, French composer.
1951 ~ The Peak District became the UK’s first National Park.
1969 ~ Birthday of Linus Torvalds, Benevolent Dictator for Life of Linux.
1973 ~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn published Gulag Archipelago.
1983 ~ Death of Dennis Wilson, the only Beach Boy who could surf.
2000 ~ Montgomery Ward announced it was going out of business after 128 years.
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