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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47401)11/23/2004 1:56:18 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 50167
 
Today in history-November 23

1644 - Areopagitica, a speech to Parliament for freedom of printing, by John Milton was published.

1869 - In Dumbarton, Scotland the clipper ship Cutty Sark was launched.

1890 - King William III of the Netherlands died without a male heir and a special law was passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become Queen.

1971 - The People's Republic of China was given China's permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.

2003 - Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigned following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.