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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48789)7/30/2005 3:18:44 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
July 30:

1619 - The first representative assembly in the Americas, Virginia's House of Burgesses, convened for the first time.
1825 - Malden Island (now one of Kiribati's Line Islands) was discovered.
1864 - American Civil War: Union forces attempted to break Confederate lines in the Battle of the Crater.
1966 - England won the Football World Cup, beating Germany 4 to 2.
2003 - The last 'old style' VW Beetle rolled off the assembly line in Puebla, Mexico.