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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49671)	2/2/2006 1:41:15 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) of 50167

This Day in History 1990: Ban on African National Congress lifted On this day in 1990, South African President F.W. de Klerk lifted the 30-year ban on the African National Congress, resulting in the release from prison of Nelson Mandela and marking the beginning of the end of apartheid. More events on this day 1979: Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols, early proponents of British punk rock, died of a drug overdose in New York City. 1943: The Battle of Stalingrad in World War II ended with the surrender of German troops to the Soviets. 1927: American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz was born in Philadelphia. 1912: Frederick Rodman Law performed what was considered the first motion-picture stunt, parachuting from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. 1876: The National League, the oldest existing major-league professional baseball organization in the United States, began play as the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs. 1848: The United States and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. 1653: New Amsterdam (New York City) was incorporated as a city.

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