03-11-2006, 06:10 AM
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March 11th
1847 ~ Death of Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), Pioneer & Agronomist.
1941 ~ World War II: President Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Bill.
1952 ~ Birthday of Douglas Adams, Science Fiction/Comedy novelist.
1955 ~ Death of Alexander Fleming, Biologist.
1968 ~ Death of John Wyndham, Author.
1985 ~ Mikhail Gorbachev became Soviet leader.
1993 ~ Janet Reno is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, becoming the first female U.S. Attorney General.
1996 ~ John Howard became the twenty-fifth Prime Minister of Australia.
1997 ~ Paul McCartney was knighted by Queen Elizabeth.
2004 ~ Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, killed 191 people and wounded at least 1,800 in an attack linked to al-Qaida.
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