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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48701)	7/8/2005 3:51:26 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

July 8: 1497 - Vasco da Gama set sail on the first direct European voyage to India. 1709 - Great Northern War: At Poltava, Ukraine, Peter I of Russia defeated Charles XII of Sweden in the Battle of Poltava, effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe. 1889 - The first issue of the Wall Street Journal was published. 1947 - Newspapers in Roswell, New Mexico reported the capture of a "flying saucer" by the U.S. military. 1997 - Researchers at the Mayo Clinic warned that the dieting drug "fen-phen" can cause severe damage to the heart and the lungs.