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Politics : Idea Of The Day
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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48241)4/5/2005 4:43:39 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) of 50167
 
Today in history-April 4th-Independence in Chile won


1818: Though the battle for the independence of Chile was begun in 1817, the decisive defeat of Spain on the Chilean mainland (Spain held the island of Chiloé until 1826) did not come until the Battle of Maipú, on this day in 1818. The six-hour battle left 2,000 Spaniards dead and 3,000 captured; the Chilean patriots lost about 1,000 men. José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins were among the leaders of the independence movement.




1984: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar surpassed Wilt Chamberlain as the all-time leading scorer in the NBA.

1856: American educator and reformer Booker T. Washington was born in Virginia.

1621: The Mayflower departed for England after depositing 102 settlers at the American colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts.

1614: Powhatan Indian Pocahontas married Virginia planter and colonial official John Rolfe.
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