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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47138)	10/24/2004 8:57:31 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Today in history:October 24: Independence Day in Zambia (1964) 1360 - The Treaty of Brétigny was ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. 1648 - The Peace of Westphalia was signed, ending the Thirty Years' War and "officially" recognizing the United Provinces and Swiss Confederation. 1929 - The Great Depression: The New York Stock Exchange crashed on "Black Thursday", setting off a chain of bankruptcies and triggered a worldwide economic depression. 1930 - A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ousted President Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa. Getúlio Dornelles Vargas was then installed as the "provisional president" by the military. 1945 - The United Nations was founded in San Francisco, California.