05-12-2005, 05:12 AM
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Location: Maryland
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May 12th
1820 ~ Birthday of Florence Nightingale, Nurse.
1845 ~ Birthday of Gabriel Fauré, Composer.
1884 ~ Death of Bedřich Smetana, Composer.
1889 ~ Death of John Cadbury, Chocolate Entrepreneur.
1918 ~ Birthday of Julius Rosenberg, Spy.
1926 ~ General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a 9-day general strike by trade unions failed.
1949 ~ Cold War: The Soviet Union lifted its Blockade of Berlin.
1962 ~ Douglas MacArthur delivered his famous "Duty, Honor, Country" valedictory speech at West Point.
1972 ~ The Rolling Stones released Exile On Main Street, considered by some their best album.
2000 ~ The Tate Modern art gallery opened in London.
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