10-29-2005, 06:12 AM
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October 29th
1675 ~ Leibniz made the first use of the long s, ∫, for integral.
1785 ~ Mozart's opera Don Giovanni received its first performance in Prague.
1863 ~ Formation of the International Red Cross.
1879 ~ Birthday of Leon Trotsky - Russian revolutionary.
1897 ~ Birthday of Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda.
1911 ~ Death of Joseph Pulitzer, newspaper publisher and journalist.
1923 ~ The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
1957 ~ Death of Louis B. Mayer, film producer. The second “M” in “MGM”.
1964 ~ Tanganyika and Zanzibar became Tanzania.
1969 ~ The first computer-to-computer link was established on ARPANET.
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