10-28-2005, 05:48 AM
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October 28th
1485 ~ Le Morte D'Arthur published.
1492 ~ Christopher Columbus landed in Cuba.
1726 ~ Gulliver's Travels published
1886 ~ The Statue of Liberty was dedicated.
1903 ~ Birthday of Evelyn Waugh, Novelist.
1914 ~ Birthday of Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the first effective polio vaccine.
1918 ~ Czechoslovakia gained its independence from Austria-Hungary.
1940 ~ World War II: Italy invaded Greece.
1955 ~ Birthday of Bill Gates, co-founder and Chairman of Microsoft.
1965 ~ The 630-foot-tall steel Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri was completed.
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