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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47082)	10/18/2004 8:06:05 PM
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Today in History,October 19: 202 BC - At the Battle of Zama, Carthaginian general Hannibal was defeated by Roman proconsul Scipio Africanus, ending the Second Punic War. 1781 - After losing the Battle of Yorktown, British forces led by Lord Charles Cornwallis officially surrendered, ending the American Revolutionary War. 1943 - Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, was first isolated by researchers at Rutgers University. 1985 - The first Blockbuster Video store opened in Dallas, Texas. 1987 - Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22%, the largest one-day decline in history. Stock markets around the world soon followed with similar collapses. wikipeidia

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47082)	10/20/2004 5:42:23 AM
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Today in history:October 20: 1740 - Maria Theresa, an "enlightened monarch", assumed the throne of Austria, succeeding her father, Charles VI. 1827 - An allied British, French, and Russian naval force destroyed a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Navarino, a decisive moment in the Greek War of Independence. 1935 - The Chinese People's Liberation Army completed the Long March from Jiangxi province in southern China to in Shaanxi province, an organized maneuver covering a distance of 6000 km (3700 mi). 1968 - Former U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (pictured right) married Greek shipping business magnate Aristotle Onassis. 1973 - The Sydney Opera House was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II. The opening was televised and included fireworks and a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. wikipedia