10-19-2004, 05:55 AM
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October 19th
1453 ~ The French recapture of Bordeaux brought the Hundred Years War to a close, with the English retaining only Calais on French soil.
1745 ~ Death of Jonathan Swift, Author.
1873 ~ Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules.
1912 ~ Italy takes possession of Tripoli, Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
1914 ~ First Battle of Ypres began.
1931 ~ Birthday of John Le Carré, Novelist.
1943 ~ Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, was first isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
1950 ~ Death of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Poet.
1985 ~ The first Blockbuster Video store opened in Dallas, Texas.
2003 ~ Mother Teresa was beatified by Pope John Paul II.
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