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Politics : Idea Of The Day

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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49184)10/2/2005 8:42:16 AM
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This day in history

Charles Darwin's return to England


1836: Naturalist Charles Darwin returned to England this day in 1836 after a five-year journey on the HMS Beagle, on which he gathered the specimens and observations that led to his theory of evolution by natural selection.




1935: Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie ordered mobilization upon learning that Italian forces had crossed the frontier to begin the Italo-Ethiopian War.

1780: British army officer John André was executed by the Americans as a spy after conducting secret meetings with American General Benedict Arnold during the American Revolution.
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