05-20-2006, 06:55 AM
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Location: Maryland
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May 20th
1772 ~ Birthday of Sir William Congreve, English inventor (By the rockets' red glare).
1806 ~ Birthday of John Stuart Mill, English philosopher.
1873 ~ Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
1883 ~ The eruption of Krakatoa began, leading ultimately to the volcano's destruction three months later.
1896 ~ Death of Clara Schumann, German Pianist and Composer.
1901 ~ Birthday of Max Euwe, Dutch world chess champion.
1927 ~ Charles Lindbergh took off from Long Island, New York, on the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, arriving in Paris the next day.
1961 ~ U.S. marshals were sent to restore order in race-torn Montgomery, Alabama.
1980 ~ In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejected by a 60% vote the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada.
2000 ~ Death of Jean Pierre Rampal, French flutist.
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