10-29-2004, 05:33 AM
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October 29th
1675 ~ Leibniz made the first use of the long s, ∫, for integral.
1787 ~ Mozart's opera Don Giovanni received its first performance in Prague.
1863 ~ Sixteen countries meeting in Geneva agreed to form 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. (founded 1281)
1942 ~ Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures held a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
1956 ~ Suez Crisis begins: Israel invades the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
1957 ~ Death of Louis B. Mayer, film producer. The second “M” in “MGM”.
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