07-07-2004, 07:10 PM
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July 8th
1099 ~ First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers marched around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders mocked them.
1663 ~ Charles II of England granted John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.
1695 ~ Death of Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist and namesake of Saturn satellite probes.
1758 ~ French and Indian War: French forces held Fort Carillon against British at Ticonderoga, New York.
1822 ~ Death of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poet ("Ozymandias", "Ode to the West Wind”, …).
1838 ~ Birthday of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, inventor of rigid dirigibles.
1839 ~ Birthday of John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil.
1889 ~ The first issue of the Wall Street Journal was published.
1933 ~ Birthday of Marty Feldman, Comedian & Actor (“Blazing Saddles”, “Young Frankenstein”,…).
1997 ~ Mayo Clinic researchers warned that the dieting-drug "fen-phen" could cause severe heart and lung damage.
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