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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48148)	3/21/2005 3:53:43 AM
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Today in history- March 21: Benito Juárez Day in Mexico, Norouz in Iran, World Poetry Day 1556 - Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake. 1800 - Pius VII was crowned Pope in Venice with a temporary papal tiara made of papier-mâché. 1804 - Code Napoléon was adopted as French civil law. 1935 - Shah Reza Pahlavi formally asked the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran, which means 'Land of the Aryans'. 1990 - Formerly known as South-West Africa, Namibia gained independence from South Africa, with Sam Nujoma swearing in as the first President.