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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47830)	2/18/2005 4:52:33 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

Today in history-February 18: 1861 - With the Italian unification almost complete, King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumed the title as King of Italy. 1861 - Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as the first (and only) President of the Confederate States of America. 1885 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published. It was both praised and banned shortly thereafter. 1932 - The Empire of Japan established Manchukuo, a puppet state in northeastern China during the Sino-Japanese War. 1943 - Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's Propaganda Minister, delivered the Sportpalast speech to motivate the German people when the tide of World War II was turning against Germany.