07-15-2005, 05:33 AM
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July 15th
1099 ~ Jerusalem fell to the Crusaders.
1606 ~ Birthday of Rembrandt, Dutch artist.
1796 ~ Birthday of Thomas Bulfinch, American Mythologist.
1799 ~ French Captain Pierre Bouchard found the Rosetta Stone.
1870 ~ Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory were transferred to Canada, from which the province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories were established.
1916 ~ In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing incorporated Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
1926 ~ Birthday of Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine Dictator.
1954 ~ First flight of the Boeing 707, the first American jet passenger airliner.
2002 ~ Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and three other suspects convicted of murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
2002 ~ The "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleaded guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
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