08-09-2006, 05:35 AM
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Location: Maryland
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August 9th
1173 ~ Construction of the (Leaning) Tower of Pisa began. It took two centuries to complete.
1483 ~ Opening of the Sistine Chapel.
1896 ~ Birthday of Jean Piaget, Child Psychologist.
1902 ~ Edward VII was crowned king of England following the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
1936 ~ Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics as the United States took first place in the 400-meter relay.
1945 ~ A nuclear bomb codenamed Fat Man was dropped on the city of Nagasaki.
1969 ~ Members of a cult led by Charles Manson murdered five people including Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring and, Abigail Folger.
1975 ~ Death of Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer.
1986 ~ The Headington Shark is erected in Oxford.
1995 ~ Death of Jerry Garcia, guitarist: Grateful Dead.
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