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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47722)	2/3/2005 3:21:24 AM
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Today in history-February 3: 1488 - Bartholomeu Diaz of Portugal sailed around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa and landed in Mossel Bay. 1867 - Crown Prince Mutsuhito ascended to the Japanese throne, beginning the Meiji Era. 1959 - Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash on "The Day The Music Died". 1966 - The Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 became the first probe to land on the Moon and transmit pictures from the lunar surface to Earth. 1969 - Yasser Arafat became the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization.