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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48786)7/29/2005 11:36:25 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
July 29:

* 1030 – King Olaf II fought and died in the Battle of Stiklestad, trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
* 1907 – The Scouting movement began with the first scout camp at Brownsea Island in Dorset, England.
* 1947 – ENIAC, the world's first all-electronic digital computer, was turned on; it remained in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.
* 1954 – The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of The Lord of the Rings, was published in the United Kingdom.
* 1957 –- The International Atomic Energy Agency was established.