07-04-2006, 03:47 AM
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July 4th
1054 ~ A supernova was recorded by the Chinese near the star ζ Tauri. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula.
1807 ~ Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian Patriot.
1845 ~ American writer Henry David Thoreau began a two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond near Concord, Mass.
1855 ~ The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems Leaves of Grass was published.
1883 ~ Birthday of Rube Goldberg, Cartoonist.
1885 ~ Birthday of Louis B. Mayer, Movie Executive (one of the M’s in MGM).
1934 ~ Death of Marie Curie, Polish-born scientist, recipient of he Nobel Prize in Physics 1903.
1946 ~ After 381 years, the Philippines became an independent nation.
1976 ~ The U.S. celebrated its Bicentennial.
1976 ~ Israeli commandos rescued 100 hostages at Entebbe Airport, Uganda.
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