10-15-2006, 06:16 AM
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Location: Maryland
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October 15th
70 BC ~ Birthday of Virgil, Roman poet.
1844 ~ Birthday of Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher.
1908 ~ Birthday of John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist.
1917 ~ Mata Hari was executed by firing squad for spying for Germany.
1951 ~ I Love Lucy premiered starring comedian Lucille Ball and her real-life husband, Desi Arnaz.
1964 ~ Death of Cole Porter, Composer.
1964 ~ Nikita Khrushchev “retired” as head of USSR.
1970 ~ 35 construction workers died when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapsed.
1991 ~ The Senate confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.
2003 ~ China launched its first manned spacecraft into orbit, becoming the third country to do so.
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