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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47367)11/16/2004 10:57:41 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
Today in history -November 16

1532 - Francisco Pizarro and his men captured Incan Emperor Atahualpa and his nobles.

1885 - Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba", Louis Riel, was executed for high treason.

1973 - Richard Nixon signed legislation authorizing the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.

1981 - Luke and Laura marry on General Hospital; it is the highest-rated hour in American daytime television history.

2002 - What is believed to be the first outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) began in the Guangdong province of China.