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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47672)	1/24/2005 4:19:56 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Today in history-January 24: 41 - After years of abuse, Cassius Chaerea and the disgruntled Praetorian Guards brutally murdered Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus and his young family. 1438 - Pope Eugenius IV was suspended by the Council of Basel. 1848 - James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, leading to the California Gold Rush. 1924 - Petrograd, founded by Peter the Great of Russia in 1703, was renamed Leningrad three days after the death of Vladimir Lenin. 1984 - The first Apple Macintosh went on sale, as advertised on television two days earlier during Super Bowl XVIII.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47672)	1/25/2005 11:29:54 AM
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Today in history-January 25: Tu Bishvat (Judaism, 2005), Burns Night in Scotland 1327 - Teenaged Edward III was crowned King of England, but the country was ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. 1924 - The first Winter Olympic Games opened at the foot of Mont Blanc in Chamonix, France. 1971 - General Idi Amin seized power in Uganda from Prime Minister Milton Obote, beginning eight years of military rule. 2004 - Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed on Mars and rolled into Eagle crater, a small crater on the Meridiani Planum.