07-07-2006, 05:21 AM
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Location: Maryland
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July 7th
1860 ~ Birthday of Gustav Mahler, Austrian Composer.
1887 ~ Birthday of Marc Chagall, Russian-born Painter.
1898 ~ The U.S. annexed Hawaii as a territory.
1907 ~ Birthday of Robert Heinlein, Science Fiction Writer.
1930 ~ Death of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish Writer.
1940 ~ Birthday of Ringo Starr, Beatle.
1958 ~ President Eisenhower signed the Alaska Statehood Act.
1978 ~ The Solomon Islands gained independence from the U.K.
1981 ~ President Reagan announced his nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
2005 ~ Terrorist bombings in London killed 52 victims and four suicide bombers.
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