10-28-2004, 05:34 AM
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October 28th
1492 ~ Christopher Columbus landed in Cuba.
1704 ~ Death of John Locke, Philosopher.
1879 ~ Birthday of E.M. Forster, Novelist.
1886 ~ In New York Harbor, US President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty.
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 ~ In St. Louis, Missouri, the 630-foot-tall steel Gateway Arch was completed.
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