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Old 06-29-2006, 05:21 AM
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June 29th
1861 ~ Death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poet. “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways… ”

1868 ~ Birthday of George Ellery Hale, Astronomer.

1880 ~ France annexed Tahiti.

1895 ~ Death of Thomas Henry Huxley, Scientist. "Darwin's Bulldog"

1922 ~ France granted 1 km˛ at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".

1925 ~ Canada House opened in London.

1963 ~ Birthday of Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violinist.

1974 ~ Isabel Peron is sworn in as first female president of Argentina.

1995 ~ U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian space station Mir.

2003 ~ Death of Katharine Hepburn, Actress.
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