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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47782)	2/12/2005 5:05:58 AM
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Today in history-February 12: Darwin Day (1809), Lincoln's Birthday (Arizona, 1892) 1689 - The Convention Parliament was convened to determine if James II, the last Catholic king in England, had vacated the throne when he fled to France in 1688. 1818 - Led by General Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain. 1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the oldest and most influential civil rights organizations, was founded. 1912 - Xuantong Emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty, the last Emperor of China, abdicated. 2001 - NEAR Shoemaker became the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid, the Eros.