10-24-2004, 01:48 AM
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October 24th
1632 ~ Birthday of Anton van Leeuwenhoek, microbiologist.
1799 ~ Death of Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Composer.
1929 ~ "Black Thursday" crash of the New York Stock Exchange.
1935 ~ Italy invaded Ethiopia.
1945 ~ Founding of the United Nations.
1948 ~ Death of Franz Lehár, Composer.
1956 ~ Soviet Union invaded Hungary.
1980 ~ Government of Poland legalized Solidarity trade union.
1991 ~ Death of Gene Roddenberry, creator of the Star Trek series.
2003 ~ Concorde made its last commercial flight, bringing the first era of civil supersonic transport to a close.
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